Obeche

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  obeche
       n 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


          [syn: {obechi}, {arere}, {samba}, {Triplochiton
          scleroxcylon}]