[oh-bee-chee] 
| 1. | a tropical African tree, Triplochiton scleroxylon. |
| 2. | the hard, white to pale-yellow wood of this tree, used for making furniture. |
| obeche | |
noun | |
| 1. | the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for veneering |
| 2. | 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 |