sapele

[suh-pee-lee]

noun

Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
a tree, especially Entandrophragma cylindricum, of the mahogany family, yielding this wood.

Origin of sapele

First recorded in 1900–05; after Sapele, a port on the Benin River in S Nigeria

Also called sapele mahogany.

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British Dictionary definitions for sapele

sapele

noun

any of several W African meliaceous trees of the genus Entandrophragma, esp E. cylindricum, yielding a hard timber resembling mahogany
the timber obtained from such a tree, used to make furniture

Word Origin for sapele

C20: West African name

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