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Definition: CANDLE NUT |
CANDLE NUT1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. |
| Language | Translations for "CANDLE NUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | candle nut (candlenut). (various references) | |
Dutch | kemirinoot (candlenut), bankoelnoot (candlenut). (various references) | |
French | noix de chandelle (candlenut), noix de bancoul (candlenut). (various references) | |
German | Candlenuss (candlenut). (various references) | |
Greek | κάρυο μπανκούλ (candlenut), κάρυο chandelle (candlenut). (various references) | |
Italian | noce di bankul (candlenut), noce delle Molucche (candlenut). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | andlecay utnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | noz molucana (candlenut). (various references) | |
Spanish | nuez de candelas (candlenut), nuez de bancul (candlenut). (various references) | |
Swedish | lumbangträ (bankul nut tree, candle nut tree, tallow tree). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Aleuriles Moluccana. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: candlenut. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-l-n-n-t-u" | |
-2 letters: annulet, candent, lunated, nuanced, unacted, unclean, unlaced, unladen. | |
-3 letters: cadent, candle, canned, cannel, canted, cantle, caudle, cedula, cental, cuneal, decant, dental, ductal, duenna, dulcet, eluant, lacune, lanced, lancet, launce, lucent, lunate, lunted, nuance, nuncle, talced, tanned, tunned, tunnel, unclad, unlace, unlade, unlead. | |
-4 letters: acned, acted, acute, adult, adunc, anent, annul, anted, cadet, caned. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-l-n-n-t-u" | |
+1 letter: candlenuts. | |
+3 letters: nonnucleated, uninoculated. | |
+4 letters: conglutinated, denticulation, malfunctioned, mononucleated, noncultivated, unchlorinated. | |
+5 letters: denticulations, noneducational, unconsolidated, uncontemplated, uncredentialed, unidirectional. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Translations: Ancient 4. Anagrams | 5. Bibliography |
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