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mahoemore about mahoe

mahoe

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mahoe  \Ma"hoe\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  name  given  to  several  malvaceous  trees  (species  of 
  {Hibiscus},  {Ochroma},  etc.),  and  to  their  strong  fibrous 
  inner  bark,  which  is  used  for  strings  and  cordage. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mahoe 
  n  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  [syn:  {majagua},  {mahagua},  {balibago},  {purau}, 
  {Hibiscus  tiliaceus}] 
  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 
  [syn:  {Cuban  bast},  {blue  mahoe},  {majagua},  {mahagua},  {Hibiscus 
  elatus}]




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