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sapele

sa·pe·le [ sə plee ] (plural sa·pe·les or sa·pe·le)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. wood like mahogany: a wood that resembles mahogany. Use: furniture-making.

2. West African tree with hard wood: a tall rain-forest tree that produces sapele. Native to: West Africa.  Genus Entandrophragma.

[Early 20th century. After Sapele, port in Nigeria]
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