khaya

  1. Noun.  (Properly) A native house or hut.
  2. Noun.  (used loosely) Servant's quarters separated from the main house.
  3. Noun.  (slang) Anyone's house or home.
  4. Noun.  capitalized : a genus of African timber trees (family Meliaceae) with wood closely resembling mahogany.
  5. Noun.  any tree of the genus ''Khaya'' .

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