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okoume|əʊˈkuːmeɪ|
Also okoumé.
[Native name.]
= Gaboon, gaboon.
1922C. T. Campion tr. Schweitzer's On Edge of Primeval Forest vi. 108 The chief sorts [of wood] dealt in are mahogany,..and okoume (Aucoumea klaineana), the so-called false mahogany. 1933― tr. Schweitzer's My Life & Thought xiii. 163 The trade in okoume wood..was just beginning to flourish in the Ogowe district. 1947J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpture x. 293 Okoume is another name for Gaboon Mahogany. The wood is soft and light-weight and is a light reddish-brown color. 1956Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 97 Gaboon is known as okoumé in France. The tree grows mainly in French Equatorial Africa. |