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Where does “aburagiri” come from?

aburagiri (English) comes from Japanese 油桐, from Japanese 油 — fuel; oil.

aburagiri (English): A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that...

Definitions

  1. A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that...

Ancestry of “aburagiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese油桐—
2Japanese油fuel; oil
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