white siris

noun

1

a

: a tree (Albizzia procera) of India and eastward to the Philippines having a bark used locally as a source of fish poisons and yielding a wood somewhat resembling walnut and resistant to termite attack

b

: a rather large chiefly tropical Australian tree (Ailanthus imherbiflora) having a very light soft straight-grained wood often used for toys and boxes

2

: the wood of a white siris

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