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Webster 1913 Edition
Mahogany tree
Ma-hog′a-ny
,Ma-hog′a-ny treeˊ
Noun.
[From the South American name.]
1.
(Bot.)
A large tree of the genus
Swietenia
(Swietenia Mahogoni
), found in tropical America. ☞ 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]