utile
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
utile1 /ˈjuːtʌɪl/
▶adjective rare useful.
– origin C15: via OFr. from L. utilis, from uti ‘to use’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
utile2 /ˈjuːtɪli/
▶noun a large tropical African hardwood tree with wood used as a substitute for mahogany. [Entandrophragma utile.]
– origin 1950s: mod. L., specific epithet (see above), from L. utilis ‘useful’.
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