iroko

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iroko (uh-ROH-koh) - n., either of two species of African hardwood trees (genus Milicia, formerly Chlorophora) with a valued reddish-brown wood.


Sometimes called African teak, as well as intule, kambala, moreira, mvule, odum and tule. The iroko name is from Yoruba.


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---L.