mahogany
/məˈhɑɡəni/ noun C1- The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture.
- Any of the trees from which such wood comes.
- (by extension) Any of various kinds of trees, the timber of which resembles that of trees the genus Swietenia.
- A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle.
- A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood.
Plural mahoganies
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There was no “mahogany furniture,” but there was a white-painted bookcase filled with books, a cushioned wicker rocker, a toilet table befrilled with white muslin, a quaint, gilt-framed mirror with chubby pink Cupids and purple grapes painted over its arched top, that used to hang in the spare room, and a low white bed.
In an instant the contents assumed a dull mahogany colour, and a brownish dust was precipitated to the bottom of the glass jar.
The breakfast-room was finished in oak; the salon in mahogany, and the furnishings were of blue velvet; the bedroom was in citronwood and green damask.
“He has simply a mahogany secretaire, in which the key is always kept.”
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