aburagiri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 油桐 (アブラギリ, aburagiri), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + 桐 (キリ, kiri, “paulownia”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈɡɪ.ɹi/

Noun

aburagiri (plural aburagiris)

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

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8