tenio

noun

te·​nio

tə̇ˈnēˌō

plural -s

1

: a timber tree (Weinmannia trichosperma) of southern South America

2

: the rosy-brown wood of the tenio that resembles that of the sweet birch

Word History

Etymology

Spanish teníu

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