PHILIPPINE MAHOGANY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood

Synonyms:

Cedrela calantas; kalantas; Philippine cedar; Philippine mahogany; Toona calantas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

genus Toona; Toona (formerly included in genus Cedrela)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish