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SAPELE MAHOGANY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
Synonyms:
African scented mahogany; cedar mahogany; Entandrophragma cylindricum; sapele mahogany
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sapele mahogany" 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 ("sapele mahogany" is a member of...):
Entandrophragma; genus Entandrophragma (cedar mahogany trees)