(a) the tree Swietenia mahagoni, or any of the trees to which the name is extended (see sense A. 2); (b) humorously a dining table.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > tropical > mahogany tree (4) mahogany tree1747 (a) the tree Swietenia mahagoni, or any of the trees to which the name is extended (see sense A. 2); (b) humorously a dining table. mahogany1759 Any of the trees producing such wood. Honduras mahogany1786 In the names of plants occurring in Honduras or products obtained from them. the wood of either of two mahoganies, Swietenia macrophylla, having a… sea coconut1841 The cannonball mahogany, Xylocarpus granatum (family Meliaceae), a tall tree of intertidal and estuarine mangroves from East Africa to northern… |
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