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  • 1Mahogany tree — 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… …

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  • 2Mahogany — 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… …

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  • 3mahogany — /meuh hog euh nee/, n., pl. mahoganies, adj. 1. any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish brown wood used for making furniture. 2. the wood itself. 3. any of various …

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  • 4To be under the mahogany — 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… …

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  • 5To put one's legs under some one's mahogany — 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… …

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  • 6Mountain mahogany — Mountain Moun tain (moun t[i^]n), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air;… …

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  • 7Cuban mahogany — noun mahogany tree of West Indies • Syn: ↑true mahogany, ↑Dominican mahogany, ↑Swietinia mahogani • Hypernyms: ↑mahogany, ↑mahogany tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Swietinia …

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  • 8Dominican mahogany — noun mahogany tree of West Indies • Syn: ↑true mahogany, ↑Cuban mahogany, ↑Swietinia mahogani • Hypernyms: ↑mahogany, ↑mahogany tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Swietinia, ↑ …

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  • 9true mahogany — noun mahogany tree of West Indies • Syn: ↑Cuban mahogany, ↑Dominican mahogany, ↑Swietinia mahogani • Hypernyms: ↑mahogany, ↑mahogany tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Swietinia …

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  • 10Swietenia mahagoni — Cultivated tree, India Conservation status …

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