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Definition of sapele in English: sapelenoun səˈpiːlisəˈpili A large tropical African hardwood tree, with reddish-brown timber that resembles mahogany. Genus Entandrophragma, family Meliaceae Example sentencesExamples - All products are made of three types of wood: ash from the US, beech from Germany and sapele from Africa.
- There may be other woods that have as wide a variety of figure as sapele, but I'm not aware of any.
- While the ITTO study found that loggers target 35 tree species, just two, gaboon mahogany and sapele mahogany, account for over half of all logged timber.
Origin Early 20th century: from the name of a port on the Benin River, Nigeria. Rhymes campanile, dele, eely, Ely, fusilli, Gigli, Ismaili, Keeley, Keneally, KwaNdebele, Lely, Matabele, mealie, mealy, Ndebele, Sindebele, steely, Swahili, wheelie Definition of sapele in US English: sapelenounsəˈpēlēsəˈpili A large tropical African hardwood tree, with reddish-brown timber that resembles mahogany. Genus Entandrophragma, family Meliaceae Example sentencesExamples - All products are made of three types of wood: ash from the US, beech from Germany and sapele from Africa.
- There may be other woods that have as wide a variety of figure as sapele, but I'm not aware of any.
- While the ITTO study found that loggers target 35 tree species, just two, gaboon mahogany and sapele mahogany, account for over half of all logged timber.
Origin Early 20th century: from the name of a port on the Benin River, Nigeria. |