true mahogany
- noun
- /truː məˈhɑːɡəni/
:
madera de caoba verdadera
- The furniture was crafted from true mahogany, prized for its deep color and durability.
Examples
-
Unlike African mahogany, true mahogany is native to the Caribbean and has a finer grain.
-
Export restrictions were introduced to protect true mahogany forests in the West Indies.
-
The furniture is made of true mahogany.
-
Is this piece crafted from true mahogany?
-
The furniture was crafted from true mahogany, prized for its deep color and durability.
-
Export restrictions were introduced to protect true mahogany forests in the West Indies.
-
Unlike African mahogany, true mahogany is native to the Caribbean and has a finer grain.
Synonyms
A mahogany tree from the Caribbean with hard reddish wood used for fine furniture
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 simply combines 'true' (genuine) with 'mahogany' (a type of hardwood), so its meaning—genuine/original mahogany or the species that yields authentic mahogany—is directly derivable from the parts. This adjective+noun composition is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
True mahogany comes from early wood traders who found a rich, deep-red wood from the Caribbean tree and used true to show it was the original mahogany. So today True mahogany means the real, good-quality mahogany wood from the West Indies, not other woods sometimes called 'mahogany'.
