meranti

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.59 in modern English

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noun

Any of various trees of the genus Shorea.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The timber of these trees.

Countable; Uncountable

"Homeowners can also use cedar, at $1.50 to $3 or more per foot, or exotic hardwoods like meranti from Southeast Asia or ipê from Brazil at about $3 a foot."

From Malay meranti.

merantis (plural)

yellow meranti

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