HIBISCUS ELATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hibiscus elatus mean? 

• HIBISCUS ELATUS (noun)
  The noun HIBISCUS ELATUS has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: HIBISCUS ELATUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIBISCUS ELATUS (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blue mahoe; Cuban bast; Hibiscus elatus; mahagua; mahoe; majagua

Hypernyms ("Hibiscus elatus" is a kind of...):

hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)