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mahogany, mahogany tree
(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
mahogany
(noun) wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mahogany (countable and uncountable, plural mahoganies)
(countable) Any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, having a valuable hard red-brown wood.
(uncountable) The wood of these trees, mostly used to make furniture.
A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood.
A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table.
mahogany (comparative more mahogany, superlative most mahogany)
Made of mahogany.
Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown.
• Hogmanay
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*hog"a*ny, n. Etym: [From the South American name.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found in tropical America.
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.
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.
3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] 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]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.