KALANTAS

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Meaning:

Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood

Synonyms:

Cedrela calantas; kalantas; Philippine cedar; Philippine mahogany; Toona calantas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("kalantas" is a kind of...):

mahogany; mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)

Holonyms ("kalantas" is a member of...):

genus Toona; Toona (formerly included in genus Cedrela)

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