red mahogany

noun

1

a(1)

: an Australian eucalypt (Eucalyptus resinifera) that yields a dark-colored kino

(2)

: the hard deep red commercially valuable wood of this tree

b

: an African mahogany (Khaya nyasica)

2

: a variable color averaging a dark reddish brown

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