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mahogany tree

DEFINITIONS OF: mahogany tree

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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
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
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