| Noun | 1. | genus Triplochiton - small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leavesdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs arere, obechi, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon, obeche - large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood |