avodire

[ av-uh-duh-rey ]

noun

1. the hard, light-colored wood of a West African tree, Turraeanthus africana, of the mahogany family, used for making furniture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of avodire¹

1930–35; < French avodiré, said to be < Agni, a Kwa language of the Ivory Coast

Example Sentences

Both public and staterooms were paneled in woods from every continent�from beech to rich mahogany, rare and exotic betula and petula, zebrano and avodire.

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