Mahogany definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary MAHOG'ANY, n. A tree ... 3.0 (2005) n 1: wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture 2: any of ... 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] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -nies) Etymology: origin unknown Date ... of any of various chiefly tropical trees (family Meliaceae, the mahogany family): a. (1) the durable yellowish-brown to reddish- ...
To be under the mahogany definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mahogany Ma*hog"a*ny, n. [From the South American name ... 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 ...
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Mahogany Ma*hog"a*ny, n. [From the South American name ... 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 ...
cedar mahogany definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: African tree ... in color from pink to reddish brown [syn: African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum]
sapele mahogany definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: African tree ... in color from pink to reddish brown [syn: African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum]
African scented mahogany definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: African tree ... in color from pink to reddish brown [syn: African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum]
Philippine mahogany definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish 2: Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood [syn: Philippine mahogany, Philippine cedar, kalantas, Toona calantas, Cedrela calantas] Merriam Webster's ...
mahogany family definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: tropical ... many important timber and ornamental trees [syn: Meliaceae, family Meliaceae, mahogany family] Britannica Concise Family Meliaceae (order Sapindales), composed of 575 ... regions. Trees of the genus Swietenia and Entandrophragma, commonly called mahogany, and of the genus Cedrela (especially the cigar-box cedar ...
mountain mahogany definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1810 any of a ... yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany. Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring ...