Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun philippine_mahogany
2 senses of philippine mahogany
Sense 1
Philippine mahogany -- (red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish)
=> mahogany -- (wood of any of various mahogany trees; much used for cabinetwork and furniture)
Sense 2
Philippine mahogany, Philippine cedar, kalantas, Toona calantas, Cedrela calantas -- (Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood)
=> 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)