Gaboon
[guh-boon, ga-, gah-] /gəˈbun, gæ-, gɑ-/
noun
1.
Also called gaboon mahogany. the soft, reddish-brown wood of an African tree, Aucoumea klaineana, used for making furniture.
2.
the tree itself.
/ɡəˈbuːn/
noun
1.
the dark mahogany-like wood from a western and central African burseraceous tree, Aucoumea klaineana, used in plywood, for furniture, and as a veneer
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