NOUN | plant | Philippine mahogany | red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish |
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plant | Philippine mahogany, Philippine cedar, kalantas, Toona calantas, Cedrela calantas | Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood |
Meaning | Red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish. | |
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Broader | mahogany | wood of any of various mahogany trees |
Meaning | Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood. | |
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Synonyms | Philippine cedar, kalantas, Toona calantas, Cedrela calantas | |
Member of | Toona, genus Toona | formerly included in genus Cedrela |
Broader | mahogany, mahogany tree | Any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish |
Spanish | kalantas | |
Catalan | kalantas |
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