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Definition: Swietenia Mahogoni
Madeira wood
\Madeira wood\ (Bot.)
(a) The mahogany tree (
Swietenia Mahogoni).
(b) A West Indian leguminous tree (
Lysiloma Latisiliqua)
the wood of which is used for boat trimming.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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.
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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.
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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.
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3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
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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]
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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.
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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.
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3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
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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]
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