Definition of "acajou" [ac•a•jou]

• The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae. (noun)
• A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany acajou colour:     (noun)

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• "Newly arrived runaways had first to erase their past, mutilating their brands with knives or the juice of toxic plants—acajou or bresillet—that caused disfiguring welts."
• "For these are rich; and the high solemnities of burial are theirs -- the coffin of acajou, and the triple ringing, and the Cross of Gold to be carried before them as they pass to their long sleep under the palms, -- saluted for the last time by all the population of St. Pierre, standing bareheaded in the sun ...."
• "Puerto an old monastery was chosen for 'La Traviata:' the latter was realistic as Crabbe's poetry; even in bed the unfortunate 'Misled' one could not do without a certain truncated cylinder of acajou."