Philippine mahogany
English edit
Noun edit
Philippine mahogany (usually uncountable, plural Philippine mahoganies)
- (US) Any of several species of tree whose wood resemble mahogany (Swietenia spp.) in some ways, such as tanguile (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), red lauan (Shorea negrosensis), white lauan (Parashorea macrophylla), tiaong (Shorea teysmanniana), almon (Shorea spp., esp. Shorea eximia), mayapis (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), bagtikan (Dipterocarpoideae spp., esp. Parashorea malaanon and Parashorea warburgii).
Translations edit
wood of certain trees
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References edit
- Philippine mahogany on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Philippine mahogany”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Philippine mahogany”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “asana”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.