Indian mahogany

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Indian mahogany (countable and uncountable, plural Indian mahoganies)

  1. Any tree or the wood from two species of trees in the family Meliaceae:
    1. Toona ciliata, native from southern Asia to Australia; also known as toon, Australian redcedar, or Indian cedar
    2. Chukrasia velutina, native to southern Asia and Indochina; also known as bastard cedar, Chittagong wood, Burmese almondwood, Jamaica cedar

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