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PHILIPPINE CEDAR
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
Synonyms:
Cedrela calantas; kalantas; Philippine cedar; Philippine mahogany; Toona calantas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Philippine cedar" is a kind of...):
mahogany; mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)
Holonyms ("Philippine cedar" is a member of...):
genus Toona; Toona (formerly included in genus Cedrela)