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Philippine mahogany definition

Philippine mahogany

  1. any of various Philippine and SE Asian trees (esp. genera Shorea and Dipterocarpus) of a family (Dipterocarpaceae, order Theales) of dicotyledonous plants
  2. the light to dark reddish wood of any of these trees

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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