Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A malvaceous tree or shrub, Hibiscus (Paritium) tiliaceus, common on tropical coasts. The inner bark has been much used for cordage.
- noun Sterculia Caribœa, a tall West Indian tree.
- noun Melicytus ramiflorus, a small New Zealand tree of the violet family, with small flowers in bundles on the branches.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of a number of different trees, usually found around the
tropics .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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
- noun 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
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Examples
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Rata and kamahi are also dominant on the steep, slip-prone mountain sides along with a variety of common small trees and shrubs like wineberry (Aristotelia serrata) and mahoe (Melicytus ramifloris).
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The Chatham Islands ribbonwood (Plagianthus divaricatus), mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus), akeake, and flax have all flourished since domestic stock were removed from the island.
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The mahoe grows from sea level to 500 m elevation.
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The mahoe is an extraordinarily healthy tree with few problems.
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The mahoe is widely valued as an ornamental because of its lush foliage and attractive flowers.
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The mahoe is an evergreen that may grow 12 m tall.
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The mahoe is limited to warm, humid, low elevations.
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In the past, in Hawaii, oiled sticks of mahoe wood were set afire and thrown from cliffs in quick succession as "fireworks."
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No systematic study has been made of the productivity of mahoe for firewood.
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The mahoe is ofen planted to stablize sand dunes and, on muddy shores, to trap soil to reinforce the coastline.
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