資料來源 : pyDict
桃花心木,其木材,紅褐色
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, n. [From the South American name.]
1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({S.
Mahogoni}), found in tropical America.
Note: Several other trees, with wood more or less like
mahogany, are called by this name; as, African mahogany
({Khaya Senegalensis}), Australian mahogany
({Eucalyptus marginatus}), Bastard mahogany ({Batonia
apetala} of the West Indies), Indian mahogany ({Cedrela
Toona} of Bengal, and trees of the genera {Soymida} and
{Chukrassia}), Madeira mahogany ({Persea Indica}),
Mountain mahogany, the black or cherry birch ({Betula
lenta}), also the several species of {Cercocarpus} of
California and the Rocky Mountains.
2. 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.
3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.]
{To be under the mahogany}, to be so drunk as to have fallen
under the table. [Eng.]
{To put one's legs under some one's mahogany}, to dine with
him. [Slang]
資料來源 : WordNet®
mahogany
n 1: wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for
cabinetwork and furniture
2: 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 [syn: {mahogany tree}]