obeche
n 1: the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for
veneering
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:
{obeche}, {obechi}, {arere}, {samba}, {Triplochiton
scleroxcylon}]