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CUBAN BAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cuban bast mean?
• CUBAN BAST (noun)
The noun CUBAN BAST 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: CUBAN BAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Cuban bast" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)
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