The name varnish tree could refer to two species of trees:
- The goldenrain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata)
- The candlenut, or kukui (Aleurites moluccana)
Famous quotes containing the words varnish and/or tree:
“People are less self-conscious in the intimacy of family life and during the anxiety of a great sorrow. The dazzling varnish of an extreme politeness is then less in evidence, and the true qualities of the heart regain their proper proportions.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“a big picture of K. Marx with an axe,
“Where I cut off one it will never grow again.”
O Karl would it were true
I’d put my saw to work for you
& the wicked social tree would fall right down.”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)