transcription, транскрипция: [ mə-ˈhä-gə-nē ]
noun
( plural -nies )
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1660
1. : the wood of any of various chiefly tropical trees (family Meliaceae, the mahogany family):
a.
(1) : the durable yellowish-brown to reddish-brown usually moderately hard and heavy wood of a West Indian tree ( Swietenia mahagoni ) that is widely used for cabinetwork and fine finish work
(2) : a wood similar to mahogany from a congeneric tropical American tree (especially S. macrophylla )
b.
(1) : the rather hard heavy usually odorless wood of any of several African trees (genus Khaya )
(2) : the rather lightweight cedar-scented wood of any of several African trees (genus Entandrophragma ) that varies in color from pinkish to deep reddish brown
2. : any of various woods resembling or substituted for mahogany obtained from trees of the mahogany family
3. : a tree that yields mahogany
4. : a moderate reddish brown