1. small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or black:; [syn: Brachystegia, genus Brachystegia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Brachystegia
n 1: small genus of tropical African timber trees having pale
golden heartwood uniformly striped with dark brown or
black: [syn: Brachystegia, genus Brachystegia]