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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MAHOG'ANY, n. A tree of the genus Swietenia, growing in the tropical climates of America. The wood is of a reddish or brown color, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. Of this are made our most beautiful and durable pieces of cabinet furniture.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture
2: 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 [syn: mahogany, mahogany tree]
3: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -nies) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1660 1. the wood of any of various chiefly tropical trees (family Meliaceae, the mahogany family): a. (1) 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 (2) a wood similar to mahogany from a congeneric tropical American tree (especially S. macrophylla) b. (1) the rather hard heavy usually odorless wood of any of several African trees (genus Khaya) (2) the rather lightweight cedar-scented wood of any of several African trees (genus Entandrophragma) that varies in color from pinkish to deep reddish brown 2. any of various woods resembling or substituted for mahogany obtained from trees of the mahogany family 3. a tree that yields mahogany 4. a moderate reddish brown

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a reddish-brown wood used for furniture. b the colour of this. 2 any tropical tree of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni, yielding this wood. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mahogany Ma*hog"a*ny, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) 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]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Mahogany is a dark reddish-brown wood that is used to make furniture. ...mahogany tables and chairs. N-UNCOUNT: oft N n