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单词 african mahogany
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African mahogany
African mahogany n. the mahogany-like timber yielded by various African trees of the genera Khaya and Entandrophragma (both of the family Meliaceae); any of the trees yielding this wood.
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1831 G. Don Gen. Syst. Gardening & Bot. I. 688/1 (heading) Senegal or African Mahogany.
1890 C. S. Sargent Silva N. Amer. I. 101/1 Khaya Senegalensis.., a large tree of west-tropical Africa, supplies the so-called African mahogany.
1920 Aerial Age Weekly 3 May 259/1 The propellers were made of Central American and African mahogany, using carefully selected stock.
1971 Geogr. Rev. 61 524 Full-size trees, such as the African mahogany (Khaya ivorensis), which grows more than one hundred feet high.
2004 Mod. Drummer June 53/2 New bata drums..made from solid staves of African mahogany, with no drill holes in their shells.
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