tengkawang

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noun

Any member of the species Rubroshorea macrophylla (syn. Shorea macrophylla), of trees of Borneo, that have oil-bearing seeds.

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Meanings

nountengkawang (plural tengkawangs)

plural tengkawangs

  1. Any member of the species Rubroshorea macrophylla (syn. Shorea macrophylla), of trees of Borneo, that have oil-bearing seeds.
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    Natural and logged-over forests should be maintained or managed as an integral part of the swidden system, and landscape multifunctionality should be sustained as a safety net against the price volatility of traded goods (e.g. rubber, palm oil, timber, tengkawang oil), upon which the economy of monocrop systems is much more dependent.

    2015 October 15, “Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in a Rapidly Transforming Landscape in Northern Borneo”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From Malay.

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APA

tengkawang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tengkawang

MLA

“tengkawang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tengkawang. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tengkawang,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tengkawang.

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