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Definition of Opepe
1. Noun. Large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus.
Group relationships: Genus Nauclea, Nauclea
Generic synonyms: Tree
Definition of Opepe
1. a West African tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opepe
Literary usage of Opepe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sparks from a Geologist's Hammer by Alexander Winchell (1881)
"It would be inferred that opepe is fifty feet lower, geologically, ... to opepe,
strata lower and lower in the geological series come to the surface. ..."
2. Hot Lakes, Volcanoes, and Geysers of New Zealand, with Legends by Terence Gordon (1888)
"From opepe the road descends by a gentle slope to Lake Taupo. While yet some
miles from the lake the prospect of the Taupo sea, as it is called by the ..."
3. Trout-fishing and Sport in Maoriland by G. D. Hamilton (1904)
"The Lake Taupo Hotel is distant from opepe by this road twelve miles, and the
Rangitaiki Hotel, which is on this road and on the bank of the Rangitaiki ..."
4. Trout-fishing and sport in Maoriland by G. D. Hamilton (1904)
"five miles from opepe Wood, the scene of the massacre of troopers dining the Maori
... The Lake Taupo Hotel is distant from opepe by this road twelve miles, ..."
5. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"opepe. The scene of a terrible incident which occurred on June 7, 1869. Colonel St.
John was engaged investigating the positions near Taupo available for ..."
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