obeche

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Noun	1.	obeche - the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	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 arere, obechi, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon genus Triplochiton, Triplochiton - small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms