varnish tree

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Any of several trees having milky juice used to make varnish.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Any one of several trees of which the sap or some secretion serves as a lacquer or varnish.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
• noun large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles