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slovo definícia mahogany (mass) mahogany - mahagón mahogany (encz) mahogany,mahagon n: [bot.] druh dřeva Zdeněk Brož Mahogany (gcide) Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, Mahogany tree \Ma*hog"a*ny tree`\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia ({Swietenia Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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] [1913 Webster] mahogany (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, mahogany tree] 3: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]

podobné slovo definícia mahogany (mass) mahogany - mahagón cedar mahogany (encz) cedar mahogany, n: honduras mahogany (encz) Honduras mahogany, mahogany (encz) mahogany,mahagon n: [bot.] druh dřeva Zdeněk Brož mahogany family (encz) mahogany family, n: mahogany tree (encz) mahogany tree, n: sapele mahogany (encz) sapele mahogany, n: true mahogany (encz) true mahogany, n: mahogany pine (gcide) Totara \To"ta*ra\, n. [Maori.] A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zealand. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Mahogany tree (gcide) Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, Mahogany tree \Ma*hog"a*ny tree`\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia ({Swietenia Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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] [1913 Webster] Mountain mahogany (gcide) Mountain \Moun"tain\ (moun"t[i^]n), a. 1. Of or pertaining to a mountain or mountains; growing or living on a mountain; found on or peculiar to mountains; among mountains; as, a mountain torrent; mountain pines; mountain goats; mountain air; mountain howitzer. [1913 Webster] 2. Like a mountain; mountainous; vast; very great. [1913 Webster] The high, the mountain majesty of worth. --Byron. [1913 Webster] Mountain antelope (Zool.), the goral. Mountain ash (Bot.), an ornamental tree, the {Pyrus Americana} (or Sorbus Americana), producing beautiful bunches of red berries. Its leaves are pinnate, and its flowers white, growing in fragrant clusters. The European species is the Pyrus aucuparia, or rowan tree. Mountain barometer, a portable barometer, adapted for safe transportation, used in measuring the heights of mountains. Mountain beaver (Zool.), the sewellel. Mountain blue (Min.), blue carbonate of copper; azurite. Mountain cat (Zool.), the catamount. See Catamount. Mountain chain, a series of contiguous mountain ranges, generally in parallel or consecutive lines or curves. Mountain cock (Zool.), capercailzie. See Capercailzie. Mountain cork (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling cork in its texture. Mountain crystal. See under Crystal. Mountain damson (Bot.), a large tree of the genus Simaruba (Simaruba amarga) growing in the West Indies, which affords a bitter tonic and astringent, sometimes used in medicine. Mountain dew, Scotch whisky, so called because often illicitly distilled among the mountains. [Humorous] Mountain ebony (Bot.), a small leguminous tree ({Bauhinia variegata}) of the East and West Indies; -- so called because of its dark wood. The bark is used medicinally and in tanning. Mountain flax (Min.), a variety of asbestus, having very fine fibers; amianthus. See Amianthus. Mountain fringe (Bot.), climbing fumitory. See under Fumitory. Mountain goat. (Zool.) See Mazama. Mountain green. (Min.) (a) Green malachite, or carbonate of copper. (b) See Green earth, under Green, a. Mountain holly (Bot.), a branching shrub ({Nemopanthes Canadensis}), having smooth oblong leaves and red berries. It is found in the Northern United States. Mountain laurel (Bot.), an American shrub ({Kalmia latifolia}) with glossy evergreen leaves and showy clusters of rose-colored or white flowers. The foliage is poisonous. Called also American laurel, ivy bush, and calico bush. See Kalmia. Mountain leather (Min.), a variety of asbestus, resembling leather in its texture. Mountain licorice (Bot.), a plant of the genus Trifolium (Trifolium Alpinum). Mountain limestone (Geol.), a series of marine limestone strata below the coal measures, and above the old red standstone of Great Britain. See Chart of Geology. Mountain linnet (Zool.), the twite. Mountain magpie. (Zool.) (a) The yaffle, or green woodpecker. (b) The European gray shrike. Mountain mahogany (Bot.) See under Mahogany. Mountain meal (Min.), a light powdery variety of calcite, occurring as an efflorescence. Mountain milk (Min.), a soft spongy variety of carbonate of lime. Mountain mint. (Bot.) See Mint. Mountain ousel (Zool.), the ring ousel; -- called also mountain thrush and mountain colley. See Ousel. Mountain pride, or Mountain green (Bot.), a tree of Jamaica (Spathelia simplex), which has an unbranched palmlike stem, and a terminal cluster of large, pinnate leaves. Mountain quail (Zool.), the plumed partridge ({Oreortyx pictus}) of California. It has two long, slender, plumelike feathers on the head. The throat and sides are chestnut; the belly is brown with transverse bars of black and white; the neck and breast are dark gray. Mountain range, a series of mountains closely related in position and direction. Mountain rice. (Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States. (b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis). Mountain rose (Bot.), a species of rose with solitary flowers, growing in the mountains of Europe ({Rosa alpina}). Mountain soap (Min.), a soft earthy mineral, of a brownish color, used in crayon painting; saxonite. Mountain sorrel (Bot.), a low perennial plant ({Oxyria digyna} with rounded kidney-form leaves, and small greenish flowers, found in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and in high northern latitudes. --Gray. Mountain sparrow (Zool.), the European tree sparrow. Mountain spinach. (Bot.) See Orach. Mountain tobacco (Bot.), a composite plant ({Arnica montana}) of Europe; called also leopard's bane. Mountain witch (Zool.), a ground pigeon of Jamaica, of the genus Geotrygon. [1913 Webster] To be under the mahogany (gcide) Mahogany \Ma*hog"a*ny\, Mahogany tree \Ma*hog"a*ny tree`\, n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Swietenia ({Swietenia Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A table made of mahogany wood. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 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] [1913 Webster]