mahoe
Nouns
- (n) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, majagua, purau,
- (n) erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks blue mahoe, Cuban bast, Hibiscus elatus, mahagua, majagua,