mahoe

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Definition of mahoe in English English dictionary

Any of a number of different trees, usually found around the tropics

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

{i} type of hibiscus tree native of Cuba and Jamaica (Botany)

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