red lauan — noun 1. hard heavy red wood of the red lauan tree; often sold as Philippine mahogany • Hypernyms: ↑wood • Substance Holonyms: ↑red lauan tree, ↑Shorea teysmanniana 2. valuable Philippine timber tree • Syn: ↑red lauan tr … Useful english dictionary
red lauan tree — noun valuable Philippine timber tree • Syn: ↑red lauan, ↑Shorea teysmanniana • Hypernyms: ↑dipterocarp • Member Holonyms: ↑Shorea, ↑genus Shorea • … Useful english dictionary
white lauan — noun : a light colored lauan; especially : a grayish red wood obtained from a Philippine tree (Pentacme contorta) of the family Dipterocarpaceae and often used as a substitute for mahogany … Useful english dictionary
Philippine mahogany — is a common name for several different species of trees and their wood.*Horticulturally, the name refers to the species Toona calantas in the mahogany family Meliaceae. *In the timber trade, it is often applied to wood of the genus Shorea in the… … Wikipedia
Shorea acuminata — Conservation status Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3) Scientific classification … Wikipedia
Furniture — For the UK band, see Furniture (band). A dining table for two Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work… … Wikipedia
Shorea — noun genus of Indonesian and Malaysian timber trees rich in resin • Syn: ↑genus Shorea • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Dipterocarpaceae, ↑family Dipterocarpaceae • … Useful english dictionary
Shorea teysmanniana — noun valuable Philippine timber tree • Syn: ↑red lauan, ↑red lauan tree • Hypernyms: ↑dipterocarp • Member Holonyms: ↑Shorea, ↑genus Shorea • … Useful english dictionary
Dipterocarp timber classification — The following table associates tree species, wood name and wood colour. Genus section Species Wood name Wood colour Wood type Anisoptera A. cochinchinensis, A. marginata, A. scaphula, A. thurifera and about ten other species Mersawa light… … Wikipedia
Shorea teysmanniana — taxobox name = Red lauan status = EN status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Malvales familia = Dipterocarpaceae subfamilia = Dipterocarpoideae genus =… … Wikipedia
