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Acajou
noun · 78% connection
The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Badigeon
noun · 78% connection
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Bitterwood
noun · 78% connection
A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Block
verb · 78% connection
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Bois durci
unknown · 78% connection
A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Boomslange
noun · 78% connection
A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Breadfruit
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, fro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Cow tree
unknown · 78% connection
A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Dualin
noun · 78% connection
An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Dynamite
noun · 78% connection
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Haloxyline
noun · 78% connection
An explosive mixture, consisting of sawdust, charcoal, niter, and ferrocyanide of potassium, used as a substitute for gunpowder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Khaya
noun · 78% connection
A lofty West African tree (Khaya Senegalensis), related to the mahogany, which it resembles in the quality of the wood. The bark is us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Logwood
noun · 78% connection
The heartwood of a tree (Haematoxylon Campechianum), a native of South America, It is a red, heavy wood, containing a crystalline subs…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Lote
noun · 78% connection
A large tree (Celtis australis), found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherrylike fruit. Called also nettle tr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Mahogany
noun · 78% connection
A large tree of the genus Swietenia (S. Mahogoni), found in tropical America.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Mammee
noun · 78% connection
A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Margosa
noun · 78% connection
A large tree of genus Melia (M. Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
Muskwood
noun · 78% connection
The wood of a West Indian tree of the Mahogany family (Moschoxylum Swartzii).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mahogany-like, wood, south, african, tree.
