mahogany
noun
any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
mahoganies
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pluralof mahogany.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Some intense blooms tint the ocean in swirling blues, mahoganies or “red tides” visible from space—psychedelic watercolors of microscopic life on a macroscale.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 24, 2022
In the hardest-hit areas, 60% of the hardwood trees are gone, including huge mahoganies, and many of the rare Puerto Rican parrots have disappeared.
From Time Magazine Archive
Technicolor has seldom been more affectionately used than in its registrations of the sober mahoganies and tender muslins and benign gaslights of the period.
From Time Magazine Archive
The furniture crafted from the grand mahoganies is said to glow and "smile" at the beholder.
From Time Magazine Archive
The bread-fruit tree with its broad, scalloped leaves, the showy star-apple, glossy green above deep gold below, mahoganies, oranges, and bananas, all seem to grow wild.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
