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Aleurites moluccana
Candlenut Can"dle*nut`, n. 1. The fruit of a euphorbiaceous tree or shrub (Aleurites moluccana), native of some of the Pacific islands. It is used by the natives as a candle. The oil from the nut ( candlenut, or kekune, oil) has many uses. 2. The tree itself.
Aleurites triloba
Candle Can"dle, n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand["e]re to be white. See Candid, and cf. Chandler, Cannel, Kindle.] 1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light. How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. --Shak. Note: Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. (``dipped candles'), or by casting or running in a mold. 2. That which gives light; a luminary. By these blessed candles of the night. --Shak. Candle nut, 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. Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle. Excommunication by inch of candle, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble. Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. Sale by inch of candle, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. Standard candle (Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. To curse by bell, book and candle. See under Bell.

Meaning of Aleurites from wikipedia

- match the gender of the Latin genus Aleurites molucc****. While there are many online references to the name "Aleurites moluccana", this is not a name accepted...
- genera Aleurites, Reutealis and Vernicia (Euphorbiaceae)". Blumea. 44: 73–98. Media related to Aleurites at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Aleurites at...
- Aleurite is an unconsolidated sediment with a texture intermediately between sand and clay, similar to silt, with particle sizes ranging from 0.01 to 0...
- National Herbarium. "Vernicia fordii - Tung Oil Tree". Florida Nature. "Aleurites fordii Hemsl". Handbook of Energy Crops. Purdue University. 1997. Fairchild...
- surface. It has been found growing on I.  aleurites lichen thalli in Scotland and Maine. "Synonymy: Imshaugia aleurites (Ach.) S.L.F. Mey., Mycologia 77(2):...
- named by French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon as a variety of Aleurites molucc****, as Aleurites molucc**** var. rockinghamensis in 1866. The Australian botanist...
- Candlenut oil or ****ui nut oil is extracted from the nut of Aleurites molucc**** (Aleurites triloba), the candlenut or ****u'i. The candlenut tree is widely...
- Stachys aleurites is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae endemic to the Antalya region of Turkey. It was first published in 1848. Stachys...
- Aleuritin is a coumarinolignoid found in the tree Aleurites fordii. Fozdar, B. I.; Khan, S. A.; Shamsuddin, T.; Shamsuddin, K. M.; Kintzinger, J. (1989)...
- Papuasia. It was first described by Eduard Ferdinand Geiseler in 1807 as Aleurites peltatus. Mallotus peltatus is native to southeast China, Hainan, the...