English Explanatory Dictionary

Indian mahogany

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any tree or the wood from two species of trees in the family Meliaceae:
  2. Toona ciliata, native from southern Asia to Australia; also known as toon, Australian redcedar, or Indian cedar
  3. Chukrasia velutina, native to southern Asia and Indochina; also known as bastard cedar, Chittagong wood, Burmese almondwood, Jamaica cedar

Word forms

Indian mahogany Indian mahoganies

Related words

Swietenia mahagoni native to Florida to the Caribbean a true mahogany also known as West Indian mahogany West Indies mahogany Pterocarpus dalbergioides endemic to India also known as East Indian mahogany Andaman padauk or Andaman redwood
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