"meranti" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Malay meranti. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ms|meranti}} Malay meranti Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} meranti (uncountable)
  1. The timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Malvales order plants, Woods Derived forms: yellow meranti (taxonomic: Shorea faguetiana) Translations (the timber of any of various trees of the genus Shorea): meranti [masculine] (Portuguese)
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