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BAOBAB |
African tree |
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ACACIA |
African thorn tree |
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COLA |
W African tree yielding fat |
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ROKA |
West African tree yielding fat |
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SHEA |
West African tree yielding fat |
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GONAKIE |
An African timber tree (Acacia Adansonii). |
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SNEEZEWOOD |
The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout. |
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WAGENBOOM |
A south African proteaceous tree (Protea grandiflora);
also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels. |
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BOOMSLANGE |
A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis).
Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs. |
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NEISHOUT |
The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree
Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence
the name). Also called sneezewood. |
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SHEA TREE |
An African sapotaceous tree (Bassia, / Butyrospermum,
Parkii), from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is
obtained; the African butter tree. |
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SASSY BARK |
The bark of a West African leguminous tree
(Erythrophlaeum Guineense, used by the natives as an ordeal poison, and
also medicinally; -- called also mancona bark. |
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KHAYA |
A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to
the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark
is used as a febrifuge. |
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THYINE WOOD |
The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree
(Callitris quadrivalvis), formerly called Thuja articulata. The tree is
of the Cedar fa... |
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YELLOWWOOD |
The wood of any one of several different kinds of
trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called
are the Cladrastis ti... |