sabicu

WORDNET DICTIONARY

sabicu(n = noun.plant) sabicu wood - the wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany; Array

is a kind of wood

sabicu(n = noun.plant) lysiloma sabicu - West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value; Array

is a member of genus lysiloma, lysiloma

is a kind of bush, shrub

sabicu, n.

The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding. [1913 Webster]

sabicu, n.
1 a W. Indian tree, Lysiloma latisiliqua, grown for timber.
2 the mahogany-like wood of this tree.

Etymology

Cuban Sp. sabic{uacute}

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