Mahogany (disambiguation)
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Mahogany refers to dark-colored wood from various types of tree. It may also mean Mahogany (color), the color inspired by the wood.
Mahogany may also refer to:
Botany and forestry
- African Mahogany, common name for at least two types of trees:
- Mountain-mahogany, unrelated species of tree in the genus Cercocarpus
- Philippine mahogany may refer to:
- Shorea in the dipterocarp family Dipterocarpaceae
- Toona calantas and other species in the mahogany family Meliaceae
- Swamp mahogany, common name for Eucalyptus robusta
Places
- Mahogany Mountains, a mountain range on the Nevada-Utah border
- Mahogany Mountain, an ancient volcano on the border between Oregon and Idaho
- Mahogany Hills, a mountain range in Nevada
- Mahogany, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Mahogany Bluff, Graham Land, Antarctica
In art & entertainment
- Mahagonny, the fictional city in the opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
- Mahogany (film), starring Diana Ross
- Mahogany (band), a band from Brooklyn, New York, USA
Other
- Kevin Mahogany (born 1958), American jazz vocalist
- Mahogany (horse), Australian racehorse
- Mahogany Research Project, initiative by Shell Oil to procure oil in Colorado, USA
- Mahogany (e-mail client), an OpenSource cross-platform e-mail and news client
- USS Mahogany (AN-23), a net-laying ship in World War II
- Mahogany (drink), a blend of gin and treacle, drunk in the West Country.
See also
- Mahogany Ship, possibly mythical wrecked ship in south-western Victoria, Australia
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