mahogany

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As if shy of my patronage he upon the counter, pompous, spread his hands, as if the mahogany was all his.

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  1. noun Any of various tropical American evergreen trees of the genus Swietenia, valued for their hard, reddish-brown wood.
  2. noun The wood of any of these trees, especially that of S. mahogani, used in making furniture.
  3. noun Any of several trees having wood resembling true mahogany.
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  • Weber is making these Gallatins now with maple backs instead of mahogany, and it has a great, tubby sound. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • The sustainable forestry policy is based on replanting economic tree crops such as mahogany, acai, Brazil nut and palms - —  biopact
  • The neck is also mahogany, and the fretboard and bridge are rosewood. —  Gearwire -
  • A lot of my guitars are centered around mahogany, which is becoming harder and harder to get unfortunately. —  Modern Guitars Magazine
  • Barrington Resale recently had an Art Deco style bedroom set made of mahogany, as well as pieces of a custom Century bedroom set. —  DailyHerald.com > News
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  1. Obsolete Spanish mahogani, perhaps of Mayan origin.

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  1. = French mahagoni, mahogon = Portuguese mogono, mogno, magno = Italian mogano = Dutch mahonie = German mahagoni = Swedish mahagony, mahogny, mahogni = Danish mahogni = Turkish maghun (New Latin mahogoni), from West Indian or South American mahogoni. Cf. acajou.
 

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