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Yellowwood :: Yellowwood (n.) The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian Flindersia Oxleyana, a tree related to the mahogany; certain South African species of Podocarpus, trees related to the yew; the East Indian Podocarpus latifolia; and the true satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). All these Old World trees fu

Mahogany :: Mahogany (n.) A table made of mahogany wood.

Meliaceous :: Meliaceous (a.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar.

Roe :: Roe (n.) A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany..

Abraum Salts :: Abraum salts (n.) A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.

Muskwood :: Muskwood (n.) The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii).

Khaya :: Khaya (n.) A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is used as a febrifuge..

Jarrah :: Jarrah (n.) The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus.

Neishout :: Neishout (n.) The mahogany-like wood of the South African tree Pteroxylon utile, the sawdust of which causes violent sneezing (whence the name). Also called sneezewood..

Veneer :: Veneer (v. t.) To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively..

Acajou :: Acajou (n.) The mahogany tree; also, its timber..

Mahogany :: Mahogany (n.) The wood of the Swietenia Mahogoni. It is of a reddish brown color, beautifully veined, very hard, and susceptible of a fine polish. It is used in the manufacture of furniture..

Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

Mahogany :: Mahogany (n.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found in tropical America..

Vinatico :: Vinatico (n.) Madeira mahogany; the coarse, dark-colored wood of the Persea Indica..

Bay :: Bay (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

Swift :: Swietenia (n.) A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species (Sweitenia Mahogoni), the mahogany tree..

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