mahogany tree

/məˌhɑgəni tri/

Other forms: mahogany trees

Definitions of mahogany tree

1. noun

   any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish
   synonyms: mahogany

   types:

   Cedrela odorata, Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree

   tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

   African scented mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum, cedar mahogany, sapele mahogany

   African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown

   African mahogany

   African tree having hard heavy odorless wood

   Cuban mahogany, Dominican mahogany, Swietinia mahogani, true mahogany

   mahogany tree of West Indies

   Honduras mahogany, Swietinia macrophylla

   an important Central American mahogany tree

   Cedrela calantas, Philippine cedar, Philippine mahogany, Toona calantas, kalantas

   Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood

   hardtack

   a mountain mahogany

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms