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mahogany

4 entries found.

Main Entry:
ma·hog·a·ny 
          Listen to the pronunciation of mahogany
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


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