MAHOGANY Meaning of MAHOGANY in English n. (pl. -ies) 1. a a reddish-brown wood used for furniture. b the colour of this. 2 any tropical tree of the genus Swietenia, esp. S. mahagoni, yielding this wood. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn. Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012