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noun(tung)tung tree
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noun(tung)a pale yellow pungent drying oil obtained from the seeds of tung trees and used chiefly in quick-drying varnishes and paints and as a waterproofing agent
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noun(tung)any of several trees (genus Aleurites) of the spurge family whose seeds yield tung oil; especially : an Asian tree (A. fordii) widely grown in warm regions
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biographical name(tung)1893—1976 Pinyin Mao Ze-dong Chinese Communist; leader of People's Republic of China (1949—76)
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geographical name(tung)city and port at the mouth of the Yalu River in the province of Liaoning, northeastern China population 523,699
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geographical name(tung)sea in the western Pacific between China (on the west), South Korea (on the north), Japan and Ryukyu Islands (on the east), and Taiwan (on the south)
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geographical name(tung)peninsula in eastern China projecting east-northeast between the Yellow Sea and the Bo Hai
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geographical name(tung)province of eastern China including the Shandong Peninsula; capital Jinan area 59,189 square miles (153,300 square kilometers), population 95,792,719
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geographical name(tung)city in the province of Jilin, northeastern China population 477,000