obechi

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsobecheareresambaTriplochiton scleroxcylon

   Broadertree

   Part ofTriplochiton

Other forms of obechi

plural

obechis·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about obechi

What does obechi mean?

obechi means "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".

How many syllables are in obechi?

obechi has 3 syllables: o-be-chi. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for obechi?

Close synonyms include obeche, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obechi a common word?

obechi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.