Found 2 items, similar to Hibiscus elatus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Hibiscus elatus
Hibiscus elatus
n : 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hibiscus elatus
majagua
\majagua\ n.
1. A shrubby tree (
Hibiscus tiliaceus) widely distributed
along tropical shores, which yields a light tough wood
used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and
caulk; it is often cultivated for ornament.
Syn: mahoe, mahagua, balibago, purau,
Hibiscus tiliaceus.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. An erect forest tree (
Hibiscus elatus) of Cuba and
Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or
orange-red flowers; it yields a moderately dense timber
for cabinetwork and gunstocks.
Syn: Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, mahagua,
Hibiscus elatus
.
[WordNet 1.5]
majagua
\majagua\ n.
1. A shrubby tree (
Hibiscus tiliaceus) widely distributed
along tropical shores, which yields a light tough wood
used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and
caulk; it is often cultivated for ornament.
Syn: mahoe, mahagua, balibago, purau,
Hibiscus tiliaceus.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. An erect forest tree (
Hibiscus elatus) of Cuba and
Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or
orange-red flowers; it yields a moderately dense timber
for cabinetwork and gunstocks.
Syn: Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, mahagua,
Hibiscus elatus
.
[WordNet 1.5]