[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]