large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves
and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood Synonym(s):obeche, obechi, arere, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Arere \A*rere"\, v. t. & i.
See {Arear}. [Obs.] --Ellis.