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DOMINICAN MAHOGANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dominican mahogany mean? 

DOMINICAN MAHOGANY (noun)
  The noun DOMINICAN MAHOGANY has 1 sense:

1. mahogany tree of West Indiesplay

  Familiarity information: DOMINICAN MAHOGANY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DOMINICAN MAHOGANY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mahogany tree of West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany

Hypernyms ("Dominican mahogany" is a kind of...):

mahogany; mahogany tree (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)

Holonyms ("Dominican mahogany" is a member of...):

genus Swietinia; Swietinia (tropical American mahogany trees)


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