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