mahogany tree

  • 21tree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant, sapling, scrub, shrub, bush; timber; whiffletree; stake; gibbet, gallows; family tree, pedigree, lineage. See vegetable, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Common types of trees include: ash, elm,… …

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  • 22mahogany — /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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  • 23mahogany family — the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry,… …

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  • 24mahogany — UK [məˈhɒɡənɪ] / US [məˈhɑɡənɪ] noun Word forms mahogany : singular mahogany plural mahoganies 1) a) [uncountable] a hard brown red wood, used for making furniture b) [countable] the tree that produces this wood 2) [uncountable] a brown red… …

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  • 25mahogany pine — Totara To ta*ra, n. [Maori.] A coniferous tree ({Podocarpus totara}), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zealand. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also {mahogany pine}.… …

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  • 26tree — Synonyms and related words: Stammbaum, acacia, ailanthus, alder, alligator pear, allspice, almond, apple, apricot, ash, aspen, avocado, ax, balsa, balsam, banyan, bare pole, basswood, bay, bayberry, beech, betel palm, birch, block, bottle up,… …

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  • 27mahogany — [mə hɒgəni] noun 1》 hard reddish brown wood from a tropical tree, used for furniture. 2》 the tree which produces mahogany. [Swietenia mahagoni (tropical America) and other species.] 3》 a rich reddish brown colour. Origin C17: of unknown origin …

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  • 28mahogany — ma|hog|a|ny [məˈhɔgəni US məˈha: ] n plural mahoganies [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Early Spanish mahogani, perhaps from a Mayan language] 1.) [U and C] a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood …

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  • 29mahogany — noun 1 (C, U) a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood 2 (U) a dark, reddish brown colour mahogany adjective …

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  • 30mahogany fern — paprastoji mernė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Papartinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Didymochlaena truncatula), paplitęs Afrikos, Azijos, Amerikos atogrąžose. atitikmenys: lot. Didymochlaena truncatula angl. mahogany fern; tree… …

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