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OBECHI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does obechi mean?
• OBECHI (noun)
The noun OBECHI has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: OBECHI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
arere; obeche; obechi; samba; Triplochiton scleroxcylon
Hypernyms ("obechi" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Holonyms ("obechi" is a member of...):
genus Triplochiton; Triplochiton (small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves)
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