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mahogany 音標拼音: [məh'ɑgəni] n. 桃花心木,其木材,紅褐色 桃花心木,其木材,紅褐色 mahogany 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 [ synonym: { mahogany}, { mahogany tree}] 3: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [ synonym: { reddish brown}, { sepia}, { burnt sienna}, { Venetian red}, { mahogany}] Mahogany \ Ma* hog" a* ny\, Mahogany tree \ Ma* hog" a* ny tree`\, n. [ From the South American name.] 1. ( Bot.) A large tree of the genus { Swietenia} ({ Swietenia Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [ Colloq.] [ 1913 Webster] { 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] [ 1913 Webster]
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