单词 | mahogany tree |
释义 | > as lemmasmahogany tree mahogany tree n. (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. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > tropical > mahogany tree mahogany tree1747 mahogany1759 Honduras mahogany1786 sea coconut1841 1747 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 599 He begins this Set with the Mahogony-Tree. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Mahogany Tree i Little we fear Weather without, Sheltered about The Mahogany Tree. 1875 T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees 189 The Jarrah or Mahogany tree..is also found in Western Australia. 1987 A. Tutuola Pauper, Brawler & Slanderer xxiii. 116 He wandered to where there were two mighty mahogany trees. < as lemmas |
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