mahogany
The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.
Other meanings
Any of the trees from which such wood comes.
by extension Any of various kinds of trees, the timber of which resembles that of trees the genus Swietenia.
A kind of
- wood
Word history
From Portuguese "mogano".
Where this comes from
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