ma|hog|a|ny

ma|hog|a|ny
ma|hog|a|ny «muh HOG uh nee, -HG-», noun, plural -nies, adjective.
–n.
1. a hard, fine-grained, reddish-brown wood of a tree growing in tropical America and in Africa. Because mahogany takes a very high polish, it is much used in making fine furniture.
2. the tree itself. It is a large evergreen which belongs to the mahogany family.
3. any one of various related or similar trees or woods.
4. a dark reddish brown.
5. Figurative. a table, especially a dinner table: »

I had hoped…to have seen you three gentlemen…with your legs under the mahogany in my humble parlour (Dickens).

–adj.
1. made of mahogany: »

a mahogay chest of drawers.

2. dark reddish-brown.
╂[< obsolete Spanish mahogani, perhaps < the Maya (Honduras) name]

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