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mahogany

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: mahogany

1
 n
wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
2
 n
a shade of brown with a tinge of red
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: mahogany
1

n wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

Types:
Philippine mahogany
red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish
cigar-box cedar
fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes
Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

n any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

Synonyms:
mahogany tree
Types:
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Cedrela odorata, Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree
tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes
African scented mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany
African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
African mahogany
African tree having hard heavy odorless wood
Cuban mahogany, Dominican mahogany, Swietinia mahogani, true mahogany
mahogany tree of West Indies
Honduras mahogany, Swietinia macrophylla
an important Central American mahogany tree
Cedrela calantas, Philippine cedar, Philippine mahogany, Toona calantas, kalantas
Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood
hardtack
a mountain mahogany
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2

n a shade of brown with a tinge of red

Synonyms:
Venetian red, burnt sienna, reddish brown, sepia
Types:
brick red
a bright reddish-brown color
copper, copper color
a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
Indian red
a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians
Type of:
brown, brownness
an orange of low brightness and saturation
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