/mə'hɒgənɪ; mə`hɑˇənɪ/
n
1 [C, U] (tropical tree with) hard reddish-brown wood used esp for making furniture 桃花心木（树）（热带产之坚硬红木, 尤用以制家具）
*I'm going to use mahogany to make the book-case. 我打算用桃花心木做书橱.
* This table is mahogany. 这张桌子是桃花心木的.
* [attrib 作定语] a mahogany chair, desk, etc 桃花心木的椅子、书桌等.
2 [U] reddish-brown colour 红褐色
*with skin tanned to a deep mahogany 皮肤晒成深红褐色.

adj of a reddish-brown colour 红褐色的
*mahogany skin 红褐色的皮肤.

npluralmahoganies
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Early Spanish mahogani, perhaps from a Mayan language]
[U and C]
a type of hard reddish brown wood used for making furniture, or the tree that produces this wood
[U]
a dark, reddish brown colour
>mahoganyadj