mahogany tree, mahogany - 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

Philippine mahogany - red or pale-red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish

cigar-box cedar - fragrant wood much used for cigar boxes

wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

family Meliaceae, mahogany family, Meliaceae - tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees

mahogany - wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture

Cedrela odorata, Spanish cedar, Spanish cedar tree - tropical American tree yielding fragrant wood used especially for boxes

African scented mahogany, cedar mahogany, Entandrophragma cylindricum, sapele mahogany - African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown

African mahogany - African tree having hard heavy odorless wood

Cuban mahogany, Dominican mahogany, Swietinia mahogani, true mahogany - mahogany tree of West Indies

Honduras mahogany, Swietinia macrophylla - an important Central American mahogany tree

Cedrela calantas, kalantas, Philippine cedar, Toona calantas, Philippine mahogany - Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood

tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

hardtack - a mountain mahogany