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Found 1 definition: mahogany.

Pos: Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun mahogany has 3 senses

1. mahogany(n = noun.plant) - wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture;
is a kind of wood
has particulars: philippine mahogany, cigar-box cedar

2. mahogany(n = noun.plant) 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;
is a kind of tree
is a member of family meliaceae, mahogany family, meliaceae
has particulars: cedrela odorata, spanish cedar, spanish cedar tree, african scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, entandrophragma cylindricum, sapele mahogany, african mahogany, cuban mahogany, dominican mahogany, swietinia mahogani, true mahogany, honduras mahogany, swietinia macrophylla, cedrela calantas, kalantas, philippine cedar, philippine mahogany, toona calantas, hardtack

3. mahogany(n = noun.attribute) burnt sienna, reddish brown, sepia, venetian red - a shade of brown with a tinge of red;
is a kind of brown, brownness
has particulars: brick red, copper, copper color, indian red

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

mahogany, n. [From the South American name.].

1. A large tree of the genus Swietenia (Swietenia Mahogoni), found in tropical America. [1913 Webster]
" Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany (Khaya Senegalensis), Australian mahogany (Eucalyptus marginatus), Bastard mahogany (Batonia apetala of the West Indies), Indian mahogany (Cedrela Toona of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany (Persea Indica), Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch (Betula lenta), also the several species of Cercocarpus of California and the Rocky Mountains." [1913 Webster]

2. The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture. [1913 Webster]

3. A table made of mahogany wood. [1913 Webster]

To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] -- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with him. [Slang]

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

mahogany, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a a reddish-brown wood used for furniture. b the colour of this.
2 any tropical tree of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni, yielding this wood.

Etymology:
17th c.: orig. unkn.