| slovo | definícia |
mahoe
(encz) | mahoe, n: |
Mahoe
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster] Mahogany |
mahoe
(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: mahoe, 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, mahoe, majagua, mahagua,
Hibiscus elatus] |
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mahoe
(encz) | mahoe, n: |
seaside mahoe
(encz) | seaside mahoe, n: |
blue mahoe
(wn) | blue mahoe
n 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 [syn:
Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, majagua, mahagua,
Hibiscus elatus] |
mahoe
(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: mahoe, 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, mahoe, majagua, mahagua,
Hibiscus elatus] |
seaside mahoe
(wn) | seaside mahoe
n 1: pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated
as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and
showy yellow and purple flowers; yields valuable pink to
dark red close-grained wood and oil from its seeds [syn:
portia tree, bendy tree, seaside mahoe, {Thespesia
populnea}] |
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