AFRICAN MAHOGANY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does African mahogany mean? 

• AFRICAN MAHOGANY (noun)
  The noun AFRICAN MAHOGANY has 1 sense:

1. African tree having hard heavy odorless wood

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AFRICAN MAHOGANY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African tree having hard heavy odorless wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African 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 ("African mahogany" is a member of...):

genus Khaya; Khaya (African mahogany trees)