Meaning
The prized dark-red hardwood tree — one of the finest and most famous timbers, long harvested in Jamaica for fine furniture, cabinetry, and carving, and a valuable export in colonial times. Rich in colour and grain, mahogany furniture is a mark of quality and heirloom worth, and the great mahogany trees are stately features of estates and gardens.
Examples
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Di dining table mek outta solid mahogany.
The dining table is made of solid mahogany.
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Mahogany dark an rich.
Mahogany is dark and rich.
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Dem old mahogany furniture worth money.
That old mahogany furniture is worth money.
Origin
The mahogany tree (Swietenia mahagoni); a prized dark hardwood. See [[cedar]], [[logwood]].
How it’s used
A prized dark-red hardwood, famed for fine furniture. See [[cedar]], [[logwood]].