English noun: mahogany tree |
1. | mahogany tree (plant) 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 |
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| Synonyms | mahogany |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tree |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | African mahogany, African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, Cedrela calantas, Cedrela odorata, Cuban mahogany, Dominican mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum, hardtack, Honduras mahogany, kalantas, Philippine cedar, Philippine mahogany, sapele mahogany, Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree, Swietinia macrophylla, Swietinia mahogani, Toona calantas, true mahogany |
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| Member meronym | family Meliaceae, mahogany family, Meliaceae |
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| Substance holonym | mahogany |
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