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KALANTAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kalantas mean?
• KALANTAS (noun)
The noun KALANTAS has 1 sense:
1. Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
Familiarity information: KALANTAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cedrela calantas; kalantas; Philippine cedar; Philippine mahogany; Toona calantas
Hypernyms ("kalantas" is a kind of...):
mahogany; mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)
Holonyms ("kalantas" is a member of...):
genus Toona; Toona (formerly included in genus Cedrela)
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