mahogany
Example Sentences
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This happens most frequently with tannin-rich woods, such as oak, walnut, cherry and mahogany.
From Washington Post
In addition to black, colors reported atop the cliff include brown, red, mahogany, gray and green.
From New York Times
In Carmelita, poverty seeps through the cracks of the houses, which all seem arranged at random, alongside unruly clusters of mahogany, cedar and ceiba trees.
From Los Angeles Times
Roast the mushrooms at a high temperature and watch as they release their moisture and turn a deep mahogany brown.
From Washington Post
But he also bought dolls’ houses, sarcophagi, historic record players, an apartment-size model circus, letters, photographs and the mahogany desk on which President John F. Kennedy signed a partial ban on nuclear testing in 1963.
From New York Times
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