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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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