lauan
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Lauan — may refer to:* Plywood made from a variety of tropical trees, particularly lauan trees and others in the Dipterocarpaceae family. * Trees in genus Shorea, sometimes known as Philippine mahogany.ee also* Dipterocarp timber classification … Wikipedia
lauan — ● lauan nom masculin Synonyme de meranti. ● lauan (synonymes) nom masculin Synonymes : meranti … Encyclopédie Universelle
Lauán — [indonesisch] das, s, Merạnti [malaiisch], Bezeichnung für verschiedene leichte bis mittelschwere, rotbraune Hölzer von Shorea , Parashorea und Pentacme Arten (Zweiflügelfruchtgewächse) aus den Philippinen und dem Malaiischen Archipel; werden… … Universal-Lexikon
Lauan language — language name=Lauan nativename= familycolor=Austronesian states=Fiji region=Lau, Nayau, Lakeba, Oneata, Moce, Komo, Namuka, Kabara, Vulaga, Ogea, Vatoa islands speakers=16,000 (1981 P. Geraghty) fam2=Malayo Polynesian (MP) fam3=Central Eastern MP … Wikipedia
lauan — noun Etymology: Tagalog lawaan Date: 1894 the light yellow to reddish brown or brown wood of any of various tropical southeast Asian trees (as of the genera Shorea and Parashorea) which sometimes enters commerce as Philippine mahogany … New Collegiate Dictionary
lauan — /looh ahn, looh ahn , low /, n. See Philippine mahogany. [said to be < Tagalog] * * * … Universalium
Lauan — ISO 639 3 Code : llx ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living … Names of Languages ISO 639-3
lauan — n. any of several Philippine timbers that are light yellow to reddish brown or brown sold as mahogany … English contemporary dictionary
lauan — la·uan … English syllables
lauan — lau•an [[t]ˈlu ɑn, luˈɑn, laʊ [/t]] n. fur Philippine mahogany • Etymology: < Tagalog … From formal English to slang
