Lexic.us

Definition of Philippine mahogany

1. Noun. Red hardwood of the Philippine mahogany tree used for cigar boxes and interior finish.

2. Noun. Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Philippine Mahogany

Philipp. Philipp Lenard Philipp Melanchthon Philipp Schwarzerd Philippa Philippe Philippe's triangle Philippi Philippian Philippians

Philippine Philippine Islands Philippine Sea Philippine cedar Philippine haemorrhagic fever Philippine mahogany (current term) Philippine monetary unit Philippine peso Philippines Philippopolis

Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus Philistia Philistine Philistines Phillida Phillidae Phillip Phillipa Phillipines Phillipp

Literary usage of Philippine mahogany

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"It is quoted in technical journals that Philippine mahogany can be delivered at American ports at about one half the cost of the South American wood now ..."

2. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1921)
"A complete series of tests will be made for Philippine mahogany and yellow ... Thirty-three propellers each of yellow poplar and Philippine mahogany are to ..."

3. Pamphlets on Forestry in the Philippine Islands (1917)
"Boards that could not be used even for rough construction because of wormholes, could, under the rules for "Philippine mahogany," be classed as firsts and ..."

4. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"In the Philippines Pterocarpus indicus yields a wood which is called Philippine mahogany. This wood varies from straw color to blood red. ..."

5. A Handbook of the Philippines by Hamilton Mercer Wright (1907)
"Major Ahern, Chief of the Insular Forestry Bureau, states that though an idea is prevalent that Philippine mahogany is scarce, it is found in abundance in ..."

6. North American Forest Research: Investigative Projects in Forestry and by Earle Hart Clapp (1920)
"A complete series of tests will be made for Philippine mahogany and yellow ... Thirty-three propellers each of yellow poplar and Philippine mahogany are to ..."

7. Annual Report of the Director of Forestry by Philippines Bureau of Forestry (1916)
"Boards that could not be used even for rough construction because of wormholes, could, under the rules for "Philippine mahogany," be classed as firsts and ..."

8. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"The floor of this spacious chamber was of great hardwood planks of red and yellow narra, the Philippine mahogany, only lacking the polish from generations ..."

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