单词 | mahogany |
释义 | mahogany /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 similar trees or their wood. Cf. African mahogany, Philippine mahogany. 4. a reddish-brown color. adj. 5. pertaining to or made of mahogany. 6. of the color mahogany. [1665-75; perh. < some non-Carib language of the West Indies] |
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