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banak|ˈbænək|
[Native name in Honduras.]
A hardwood tree of the genus Virola grown esp. in central America; also its timber.
1921C. Hummel Rep. Forests Brit. Honduras 59 Name of tree. Banak..Fairly large quantity in the south of the Colony..stems of large size, good shape and free of knots. 1948A. L. Howard Timbers of World (ed. 3) 54 Banak, Virola merendonia Pittier..British Honduras and South America. A very light mahogany-coloured wood, with a straight, even, regular grain. |