OBECHE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

Synonyms:

arere; obeche; obechi; samba; Triplochiton scleroxcylon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("obeche" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("obeche" is a member of...):

genus Triplochiton; Triplochiton (small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering