LAUAN

Meaning of LAUAN in English

n. any of several Philippine timbers that are light yellow to reddish brown or brown sold as mahogany

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LAUAN — noun Etymology: Tagalog lawaan Date: 1894 the light yellow to reddish-brown or brown wood of any of various tropical southeast …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAUAN — ləˈwän noun ( -s ) Etymology: Tagalog lawaan : any of various Philippine timbers (as from trees of the genera …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAUAN — /looh"ahn, looh ahn", low-/ , n. See Philippine mahogany . [ said to be ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAUAN — noun Etymology: Tagalog lawaan Date: 1894 : the light yellow to reddish-brown or brown wood of any of various tropical …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAUAN — [lau.an] n [Tag lawaan] (1894): any of various Philippine timbers (as of the genera Shorea and Parashorea) that are light …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAUAN — n. Pronunciation: ' lü- ˌ än, lü- ' ; lau ̇ - ' än Function: noun Etymology: Tag lawaan Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHITE LAUAN — noun : a light-colored lauan ; especially : a grayish red wood obtained from a Philippine tree ( Pentacme contorta …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RED LAUAN — noun 1. a. : a valuable Philippine timber tree ( Shorea teysmanniana b. : the hard heavy red wood of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
YACAL — ˈyäkəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: Tagalog yakál 1. : any of several hard heavy durable yellowish brown woods obtained …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIAONG — tēˈau̇ŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: native name in the Philippines : red lauan
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TANGUILE — noun or tang·i·le ˈtäŋəlē ( -s ) Etymology: Tagalog tang̃ili 1. : a Philippine mahogany ( Shorea polysperma ) with …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHOREA — ˈshōrēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, after John Shore, Lord Teignmouth died 1834 governor general of India : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY — noun Usage: usually capitalized P 1. : any of several Philippine timber trees with wood resembling that of the true …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MERANTI — məˈrantē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Malay mĕranti 1. : the soft weak light usually pinkish to dark red wood …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KALUNTI — kəˈlu̇ntē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Taw-Sug : a lauan ( Shorea kalunti ) with yellow wood
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY — 1. any of several Philippine trees of the genus Shorea and related genera, having brown or reddish wood used as …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOWAN — /loh"euhn/ , n. See mallee fowl . [ 1860-65; lauan ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MAHOGANY — any of several tropical hardwood timber trees, especially certain species in the family Meliaceae. One such is Swietenia mahagoni, from …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHILIPPINES, FLAG OF THE — national flag consisting of horizontal stripes of blue and red with a white hoist triangle incorporating a golden sun and …
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