sapele

UK: /səˈpiːlɪ/ US: (sə pē′lē)

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sa•pe•le  (sə pē′lē), n. 

1. Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
2. Plant Biology a tree, esp. Entandrophragma cylindricum, of the mahogany family, yielding this wood. Also called sape′le mahog′any. 

• after Sapele, a port on the Benin River in south, southern Nigeria 1900–05

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sapele / 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

Etymology: 20th Century: West African name