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MAHOE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mahoe mean?
• MAHOE (noun)
The noun MAHOE has 2 senses:
1. 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
2. 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: MAHOE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
balibago; Hibiscus tiliaceus; mahagua; mahoe; majagua; purau
Hypernyms ("mahoe" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
Sense 2
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blue mahoe; Cuban bast; Hibiscus elatus; mahagua; mahoe; majagua
Hypernyms ("mahoe" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
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