1. the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering • Hypernyms: wood 2. 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 • Syn: obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon • Hypernyms: tree • Member Holonyms: Triplochiton, genus Triplochiton
