Honduras mahogany
- noun
- Specialized
:
caoba de Honduras
- The furniture was crafted from Honduras mahogany, giving it a rich, deep color.
Examples
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Many historic ships were built using durable Honduras mahogany for their decks.
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Honduras mahogany is beautiful.
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Deforestation has reduced the number of wild Honduras mahogany trees in Central America.
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The furniture is made of Honduras mahogany.
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The cabinet is made from Honduras mahogany, known for its rich color and durability.
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He chose Honduras mahogany to make the dining table because of its beautiful grain.
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The furniture store specializes in items crafted from Honduras mahogany due to its premium quality.
Synonyms
A large mahogany tree from Central and South America that produces valuable wood
A tree from the Caribbean that gives hard reddish-brown wood used for fine furniture
A tree from the Caribbean with hard reddish-brown wood used for furniture
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines a place name and a common noun in a straightforward origin/varietal pattern: a B1 learner who knows 'Honduras' and 'mahogany' can infer it refers to mahogany from Honduras (a species or variety). This composition is cross-linguistically common and does not require idiomatic knowledge, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Honduras mahogany simply means the deep reddish mahogany wood that comes from Honduras. Because this strong, beautiful wood was long used for ships and fine furniture, the name came to mean 'valuable wood'.
