mahogany

ma·hog·a·ny

noun \mə-ˈhä-gə-nē\

plural ma·hog·a·nies

Definition of MAHOGANY

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 family

3

: a tree that yields mahogany

4

: a moderate reddish brown

Origin of MAHOGANY

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1660

Related to MAHOGANY

acajou

Rhymes with MAHOGANY

cosmogony, theogony