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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 woodplay

  Familiarity information: OBECHI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OBECHI (noun)


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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