sapele

[ suh-pee-lee ]
/ səˈpi li /

noun

Also called aboudikro. the mahoganylike wood of any of several African trees of the genus Entandrophragma, used for making furniture.
a tree, especially Entandrophragma cylindricum, of the mahogany family, yielding this wood.
Also called sapele mahogany.

Origin of sapele

First recorded in 1900–05; after Sapele, a port on the Benin River in S Nigeria

Words nearby sapele

sap bush, sap green, sap orchard, sapajou, sapanwood, sapele, saphar, saphead, sapheaded, saphena, saphenous

British Dictionary definitions for sapele

sapele
/ (səˈpiːlɪ) /

noun

any of several W African meliaceous trees of the genus Entandrophragma, esp E. cylindricum, yielding a hard timber resembling mahogany
the timber obtained from such a tree, used to make furniture

Word Origin for sapele

C20: West African name