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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mahagua 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]