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SWIETINIA MAHOGANI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Swietinia mahogani mean?
• SWIETINIA MAHOGANI (noun)
The noun SWIETINIA MAHOGANI has 1 sense:
1. mahogany tree of West Indies
Familiarity information: SWIETINIA MAHOGANI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mahogany tree of West Indies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany
Hypernyms ("Swietinia mahogani" 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 ("Swietinia mahogani" is a member of...):
genus Swietinia; Swietinia (tropical American mahogany trees)
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