mahogany tree

2 definitions found

mahogany tree - 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 tree - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mahogany tree
      n 1: 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
           ]