PHILIPPINE CEDAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Philippine cedar mean? 

• PHILIPPINE CEDAR (noun)
  The noun PHILIPPINE CEDAR has 1 sense:

1. Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood

  Familiarity information: PHILIPPINE CEDAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILIPPINE CEDAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cedrela calantas; kalantas; Philippine cedar; Philippine mahogany; Toona calantas

Hypernyms ("Philippine cedar" is a kind of...):

mahogany; mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)

Holonyms ("Philippine cedar" is a member of...):

genus Toona; Toona (formerly included in genus Cedrela)