tung oil, oil of tungnuts, oil of tung nuts, oil of oleococca seeds, oil of oleo-cocca seeds, chinawood oil, China wood oil, China-wood oil, Chinese wood oil, wood oil, Japanese tung oil, Japanese wood oil
a vegetable drying oil expressed or extracted with solvents from the seeds of trees of the genus Aleurites, native to China, pale-yellow, pungent drying oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree ... is used in quick-drying varnishes and paints, as a waterproofing agent ... and insulating compounds ... is produced chiefly in China from the seeds of Aleurites fordii, a drying oil obtained from a Japanese tung tree (Aleurites cordata), tungpuu seemnete pressimisel saadud kollane viskoosne mürgine vedelik ... lahustub paljudes orgaanilistes lahustites, ei lahustu vees, metanoolis ja etanoolis. Tungaõli põhikomponendid on 9,11,13-oktadekatrieenhappe glütseriidid. Õhuhapniku toimel tekib tungaõlil väga tugev ja läikiv kelme, temast toodetakse lakke ja emaile.
