Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

philippine mahogany

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: philip-pine ma-hogany
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of tree whose wood resemble mahogany (Swietenia spp.) in some ways, such as tanguile (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), red lauan (Rubroshorea negrosensis, syn. Shorea negrosensis; Rubroshorea teysmanniana, syn. Shorea teysmanniana), white lauan (Parashorea macrophylla), tiaong (Rubroshorea teysmanniana, syn. Shorea teysmanniana), almon (Shorea spp., esp. Shorea eximia), mayapis (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), bagtikan (Dipterocarpoideae spp., esp. Parashorea malaanon and Parashorea warburgii).

American usage; Uncountable

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Philippine mahoganies (plural)

Synonyms

philippine cedar kalantas toona calantas cedrela calantas

Questions

What does philippine mahogany mean?: Any of several species of tree whose wood resemble mahogany (Swietenia spp.) in some ways, such as tanguile (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), red lauan (Rubroshorea negrosensis, syn. Shorea negrosensis; Rubroshorea teysmanniana, syn. Shorea teysmanniana), white lauan (Parashorea macrophylla), tiaong (Rubroshorea teysmanniana, syn. Shorea teysmanniana), almon (Shorea spp., esp. Shorea eximia), mayapis (Dipterocarpoideae spp.), bagtikan (Dipterocarpoideae spp., esp. Parashorea malaanon and Parashorea warburgii).

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