DOMINICAN MAHOGANY

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Meaning:

Mahogany tree of West Indies

Synonyms:

Cuban mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani; true mahogany

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Nouns denoting plants

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

genus Swietinia; Swietinia (tropical American mahogany trees)

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