/ Thesaurus / V Synonyms of varnish tree Find synonyms for: Noun1. candlenut, varnish tree, Aleurites moluccana, angiospermous tree, flowering treeusage: large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles2. varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua, poisonous plantusage: small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtainedWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: rotund Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language