Word Meanings - MAHOGANY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A large tree of the genus Swietenia , found in tropical America. Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany , Australian mahogany , Bastard mahogany , Indian mahogany (Cedrela

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A large tree of the genus Swietenia , found in tropical America. Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany , Australian mahogany , Bastard mahogany , Indian mahogany (Cedrela Toona of Bengal, and trees of the genera Soymida and Chukrassia), Madeira mahogany , Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch , also the several species of Cercocarpus of California and the Rocky Mountains. 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. 3. A table made of mahogany wood. To be under the mahogany, to be so drunk as to have fallen under the table. -- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with him.

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