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mahoganies
noun(ma-hog-a-ny)
the wood of any of various chiefly tropical trees (family Meliaceae, the mahogany family):
mahoganies
noun(ma-hog-a-ny)
the durable yellowish-brown to reddish-brown usually moderately hard and heavy wood of a West Indian tree (Swietenia mahagoni) that is widely used for cabinetwork and fine finish work
mahoganies
noun(ma-hog-a-ny)
a wood similar to mahogany from a congeneric tropical American tree (especially S. macrophylla)
mahoganies
noun(ma-hog-a-ny)
mahogany
mahoganies
noun(ma-hog-a-ny)
any of a genus (Cercocarpus) of western North American evergreen shrubs or small trees of the rose family
mahoganies
noun(ma-hog-a-ny)
any of several Philippine dipterocarp timber trees (genera Shorea, Parashorea, and Pentacme) with wood resembling that of the true mahoganies; also : its wood

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