AFRICAN MAHOGANY

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Meaning:

African tree having hard heavy odorless wood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African mahogany" 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 ("African mahogany" is a member of...):

genus Khaya; Khaya (African mahogany trees)

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