mahogany

2 definitions found

mahogany - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, Mahogany tree \Ma*hog"a*ny tree`\, n.
     [From the South American name.]
     1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia (Swietenia  Mahogoni
        ), found in tropical America.
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     Note: 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.
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     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.
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     3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
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     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]
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mahogany - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mahogany
      n 1: wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for
           cabinetwork and furniture
      2: 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 [syn: mahogany, mahogany tree]
      3: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown,
         sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]