obeche

[ oh-bee-chee ]

noun
  1. a tropical African tree, Triplochiton scleroxylon.

  2. the hard, white to pale-yellow wood of this tree, used for making furniture.

Origin of obeche

1
First recorded in 1905–10, obeche is from the Edo word oβεxε

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