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afara|əˈfɑːrə|
[Yoruba.]
A tall West African tree (Terminalia superba or T. scutifera) yielding a straight-grained wood; = limba. Also, its timber.
1920A. H. Unwin West Afr. Forests ix. 371 Terminalia scutifera. Shingle Wood. Afara (Yoruba). It attains a height of about 200 feet and a girth of about 16 feet. 1934A. L. Howard Timbers of World (ed. 2) 9 Afara, reported by the Imperial Institute as a wood very similar to oak in colour, and possessing a straight grain. 1955Nomencl. Commerc. Timb. (B.S.I.) 87 The plain light-coloured wood is called light afara, light limba, limba clair or limba blanc; the figured heartwood dark afara, dark limba, limba noir or limba bariolé... White afara is a name used in Nigeria for the tree as distinct from the timber. |