mahogany-tree

There was exactly one mahogany-tree on the island.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

There was exactly one mahogany-tree on the island.

Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

The best feature of the series (there were four papers in all) is a story of a rescue in mid-ocean; but surely the brightest ripple of humor is the reference to Bermuda's mahogany-tree:

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

There was exactly one mahogany-tree on the island.

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

As I turned away in a disconsolate mood from the garden, Charley Marden remarked that he shouldn't be surprised if the pistol-butt took root and grew into a mahogany-tree or something.

The Story of a Bad Boy Thomas Bailey Aldrich 1871

In front of me stood a _tepehuage_, a kind of mahogany-tree, with dark-colored foliage, which will become, some day, the object of considerable trade between Europe and Mexico; the beauty of this red wood, veined with black, renders it highly fitted for the manufacture of furniture.

Aventures d'un jeune naturaliste. English Lucien Biart 1863

I ride under the spreading limbs of the mahogany-tree, marking its oval pinnate leaves, and the egg-like seed capsules that hang from its branches; thinking as well of the brilliant surfaces that lie concealed within its dark and knotty trunk.

The Rifle Rangers Mayne Reid 1850

He measured one, which was ninety-six feet long and eight broad, hollowed out of a species of mahogany-tree.

Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

The most valuable production of the forests of this part of the world is the mahogany-tree of Honduras, well-deserving, from its magnificent foliage and vast size, to be called the king of the forest.

The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Then, lest their chattering should betray her disobedience, she thought it best not to return into the hut, and acccordingly set forward on her return home; but she had not yet reached the mahogany-tree when curiosity induced her to break one of the eggs.

Journal of a Residence among the Negroes in the West Indies Matthew Gregory 1845