Obeche

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Triplochiton scleroxylon, a tropical tree of Africa. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    The wood of this tree; whitish yellow in colour and easy to process. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering wordnet

Etymology

From Edo obeche.

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