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obeche

uncommon

noun

1.

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

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

Origin

From Edo obeche.

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