WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

obeche
    n 1: the wood of an African obeche tree; used especially for
         veneering
    2: large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves
       and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-
       winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood [syn:
       obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton
       scleroxcylon]