Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun obeche

2 senses of obeche

Sense 1
obeche -- (the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering)
       => wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

Sense 2
obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon -- (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)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)