Main Entry:

ma·hog·a·ny

Pronunciation:

\mə-ˈhä-gə-nē\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural ma·hog·a·nies

Etymology:

origin unknown

Date:

1660

1: the wood of any of various chiefly tropical trees (family Meliaceae, the mahogany family): a (1): the durable yellowish-brown to reddish-brown usually moderately hard and heavy wood of a West Indian tree (Swietenia mahagoni) that is widely used for cabinetwork and fine finish work (2): a wood similar to mahogany from a congeneric tropical American tree (especially S. macrophylla) b (1): the rather hard heavy usually odorless wood of any of several African trees (genus Khaya) (2): the rather lightweight cedar-scented wood of any of several African trees (genus Entandrophragma) that varies in color from pinkish to deep reddish brown 2: any of various woods resembling or substituted for mahogany obtained from trees of the mahogany family3: a tree that yields mahogany4: a moderate reddish brown