aburagiri

      English

      Etymology

      From Japanese abura-kiri, from abura (“oil”) + kiri (“paulownia”).

      Pronunciation

      • (US) IPA: /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈɡɪ.ɹi/

      Noun

      aburagiri (plural aburagiris)

      1. (botany) A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.

      References

      • 1976 [1909], Gove, Philip Babcock editor, Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged, Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam Co., ISBN 0-87779-101-5, page 8:
      Last modified on 16 June 2013, at 00:18