2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 

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