tamanu

See also: tamañu

English

Etymology

From Tahitian tāmanu.

Noun

tamanu (plural tamanus)

1. A tree (Calophyllum inophyllum), widely distributed in the Pacific islands, that is a source of a resin, and a bitter oil (tamanol)

Derived terms

• tamanol

Translations

Calophyllum inophyllum

• Catalan: llorer d'Alexandria m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅厚殼 / 红厚壳 (hónghòuké)

• French: tamanou m
• German: Alexandrischer Lorbeer m
• Indonesian: nyamplung (id)
• Malay: penaga laut
• Tagalog: palomariya
• Tahitian: tāmanu
• Tongan: fetaʻu

Further reading

• “tamanu”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Anagrams

• Mantua, mantua