obeche

A noun referring to a large West African tree with palmately lobed leaves and small white flowers, or the soft, pale yellow wood obtained from it, often used for veneering.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un gran árbol de África occidental con hojas palmeadas y lobuladas y pequeñas flores blancas, o la madera blanda de color amarillo pálido que se obtiene de él, utilizada a menudo para chapa.

1. Wood from the obeche tree C1 formal

   The lightweight, pale yellow to white wood obtained from the African obeche tree, commonly used for veneering, furniture, and construction.

   • The cabinet was made from obeche wood, prized for its lightness.
   • Obeche is often used as a veneer for decorative panels.
   • The carpenter chose obeche for its easy workability and smooth finish.

   🇪🇸Madera de obeche

   Sinónimos: samba

2. The obeche tree C1 formal scientific

   A large West African tree with palmately lobed leaves, small white flowers in axillary cymose panicles, and one-winged seeds; it yields soft, pale wood.

   • The obeche tree can grow to a considerable height in tropical forests.
   • Botanists study the obeche for its unique seed dispersal mechanism.
   • The obeche's flowers attract various pollinators in its native habitat.

   🇪🇸Obeche (árbol)

   Sinónimos: samba

• obeches plural form
• obeches' possessive plural form
• obeche's possessive singular form