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SWIETINIA MACROPHYLLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swietinia macrophylla mean? 

SWIETINIA MACROPHYLLA (noun)
  The noun SWIETINIA MACROPHYLLA has 1 sense:

1. an important Central American mahogany treeplay

  Familiarity information: SWIETINIA MACROPHYLLA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWIETINIA MACROPHYLLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An important Central American mahogany tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Honduras mahogany; Swietinia macrophylla

Hypernyms ("Swietinia macrophylla" 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)


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