HyperDic: african_scented_mahogany

English > 1 sense of the expression African scented mahogany:
NOUNplantAfrican scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricumAfrican tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
English > African scented mahogany: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAfrican tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown.
Synonymscedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum
Member ofEntandrophragma, genus Entandrophragmacedar mahogany trees
Broadermahogany, mahogany treeAny 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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