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SWIETINIA MAHOGANI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swietinia mahogani mean? 

SWIETINIA MAHOGANI (noun)
  The noun SWIETINIA MAHOGANI has 1 sense:

1. mahogany tree of West Indiesplay

  Familiarity information: SWIETINIA MAHOGANI used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWIETINIA MAHOGANI (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Mahogany tree of West Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany

Hypernyms ("Swietinia mahogani" 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 ("Swietinia mahogani" is a member of...):

genus Swietinia; Swietinia (tropical American mahogany trees)


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