'Mahogany' definitions:

Definition of 'mahogany'

From: WordNet
noun
Wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
noun
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]
noun
A shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]

Definition of 'Mahogany'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [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. [Colloq.] [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] [1913 Webster]

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