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HONDURAS MAHOGANY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Honduras mahogany mean?
• HONDURAS MAHOGANY (noun)
The noun HONDURAS MAHOGANY has 1 sense:
1. an important Central American mahogany tree
Familiarity information: HONDURAS MAHOGANY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An important Central American mahogany tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Honduras mahogany; Swietinia macrophylla
Hypernyms ("Honduras 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)
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