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Definition of Sabicu

1. Noun. The wood of the sabicu which resembles mahogany.

2. Noun. West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value.

Definition of Sabicu

1. n. The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysiloma Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding.

Definition of Sabicu

1. Noun. a West Indian tree ''(Lysiloma sabicu)'' ¹

2. Noun. the hard dark wood of the sabicu tree, which resembles mahogany in texture ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Sabicu

1. The very hard wood of a leguminous West Indian tree (Lysilona Sabicu), valued for shipbuilding. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sabicu

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sabertoothed sabes sabha sabian sabicu (current term) sabicu wood sabieite sabin vaccine sabinaite sabine

sabine pine sabinene sabines sabino sabinol sabinol dehydrogenase sabins sabir sabirs

Literary usage of Sabicu

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Indian Forester (1885)
"There has been a very active demand for sabicu* during the past week to fill large Government contracts for the manufacture of saddle trees for the use of ..."

2. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1854)
"On tlte Tree supplying the sabicu Wood of Cuba; by GEORGE BENTHAM, Esq. In re-arranging, some years since, the numerous specie* of ..."

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