mahogany | | |
n. (plant) | 1. mahogany | wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture. |
| ~ mahogany tree, mahogany | 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. |
| ~ philippine mahogany | red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish. |
| ~ cigar-box cedar | fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes. |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
n. (plant) | 2. mahogany, mahogany tree | 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. |
| ~ family meliaceae, mahogany family, meliaceae | tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees. |
| ~ mahogany | wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture. |
| ~ cedrela odorata, spanish cedar, spanish cedar tree | tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes. |
| ~ african scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, entandrophragma cylindricum, 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, kalantas, philippine cedar, toona calantas, philippine mahogany | Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
| ~ hardtack | a mountain mahogany. |
n. (attribute) | 3. burnt sienna, mahogany, reddish brown, sepia, venetian red | a shade of brown with a tinge of red. |
| ~ brown, brownness | an orange of low brightness and saturation. |
| ~ brick red | a bright reddish-brown color. |
| ~ copper color, copper | a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper. |
| ~ indian red | a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians. |
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