Swietenia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Swietenia \Swie*te"ni*a\, n. [NL. Named after Gerard Van
     Sweiten, physician to Maria Theresa of Austria.] (Bot.)
     A genus of meliaceous trees consisting of one species
     ({Sweitenia Mahogoni}), the mahogany tree.
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