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African scented mahogany

DEFINITIONS OF: African scented mahogany

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n African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown

Synonyms:
Entandrophragma cylindricum, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany
Type of:
mahogany, mahogany tree
any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
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