gurjun

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• garjan
• gurjan

Etymology

From Bengali তেলি-গর্জন (tēli-garjan, “garjan oil tree”).

Noun

gurjun (countable and uncountable, plural gurjuns)

1. A major commercial timber species in the genus Dipterocarpus.
2. A thin balsam or wood oil derived from this tree, used in medicine and as a substitute for linseed oil in paint.

Translations

any tree in the genus Dipterocarpus

• Portuguese: evati m

a thin balsam or wood oil derived from the gurjun tree