sapele

American  

[suh-pee-lee] / səˈpi li /

noun

1. Also called aboudikro.  the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.

2. a tree, especially Entandrophragma cylindricum, of the mahogany family, yielding this wood.

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sapele British  

/ səˈpiːlɪ /

noun

1. any of several W African meliaceous trees of the genus Entandrophragma, esp E. cylindricum, yielding a hard timber resembling mahogany

2. the timber obtained from such a tree, used to make furniture

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Etymology

Origin of sapele

First recorded in 1900–05; after Sapele, a port on the Benin River in S Nigeria

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