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lauan

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lauan [lə′wän]
(materials)
Wood from any of several genera of trees of the Philippines, Malaya, and Sarawak; resembles mahogany but shrinks and swells more with changes in moisture.


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Home Depot President Arthur Blank pledged to eliminate tropical lauan, as well as old-growth cedar and redwood, and give preference to wood with a reputable certifier's stamp of approval.
It is considered a premium name in the underlayment business and holds the second-largest share of the market after lauan.
The motion picture industry has had these save-the-rainforest benefits on sound-stages that each saw the destruction of 60,000 acres of rainforest for lauan plywood.
 
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