african_scented_mahogany (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *African scented mahogany*:
NOUN	plant	African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum	African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown

English > *African scented mahogany*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown.
Synonyms	cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum
Member of	Entandrophragma, genus Entandrophragma	cedar mahogany trees
Broader	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

HyperDic: african_scented_mahogany