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Definition of True mahogany

1. Noun. Mahogany tree of West Indies.

Lexicographical Neighbors of True Mahogany

Literary usage of True mahogany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The wood of the four species is accepted as true mahogany, ... Most of the substitutes of true mahogany fail in one or more of these qualities and hence are ..."

2. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"Among the principal mahogany trees are the Central American or true mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), the African mahogany (Kha\a ..."

3. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"The wood resembles true Mahogany, save in color, which is a light yellow that ... See also "true mahogany," Mcll (United States Department of Agriculture ..."

4. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"The wood resembles true Mahogany, save in color, which is a light yellow that ... See also "true mahogany," Mell (United States Department of Agriculture ..."

5. Illustrated South America: A Chicago Publisher's Travels and Investigations by William Dickson Boyce (1912)
"The great popularity of the true mahogany as a furniture and finishing wood has caused a steady depletion of the available supply. ..."

6. The Indian Forester (1889)
"As soon as the seedlings were a few inches high, it was seen that they were different from those of the true mahogany, and they were accordingly planted out ..."

7. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Little of the true mahogany is now available, that coming from Central America, called Honduras or Panama mahogany, being the wood of species of Cedrela, ..."

8. Identification of the Economic Woods of the United States: Including a by Samuel James Record (1919)
"The true mahogany is native to a region extending from the extreme southern part of Florida to the ... See Mell's "true mahogany," Bui. No. 474, US Dept. ..."

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