n.
Pronunciation: m ə - ' hä-g ə -n ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: 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 (esp. 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