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    RED LAUAN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Valuable Philippine timber treeplay

    Synonyms:

    red lauan; red lauan tree; Shorea teysmanniana

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("red lauan" is a kind of...):

    dipterocarp (tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae)

    Meronyms (substance of "red lauan"):

    red lauan (hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany)

    Holonyms ("red lauan" is a member of...):

    genus Shorea; Shorea (genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahoganyplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("red lauan" is a kind of...):

    wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

    Holonyms ("red lauan" is a substance of...):

    red lauan; red lauan tree; Shorea teysmanniana (valuable Philippine timber tree)

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