mahoe
IPA: mʌhoʊ
noun
- Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.
- Talipariti elatum (syn. Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe)
- Talipariti tiliaceum (syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus, seaside mahoe)
- Thespesia populnea (seaside mahoe)
- Either of two different trees, usually found around the tropics.
- Alectryon macrococcus, a tree in the soapberry family, endemic to Hawaii.
- Any tree of genus Melicytus, in the violet family, known from southeastern Australia and New Zealand, especially Melicytus ramiflorus.
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Examples of "mahoe" in Sentences
- The mahoe grows from sea level to 500 m elevation.
- The mahoe is an evergreen that may grow 12 m tall.
- The mahoe is limited to warm, humid, low elevations.
- The mahoe is an extraordinarily healthy tree with few problems.
- Commercially valuable woods include mahogany, blue and red mahoe, and teak.
- No systematic study has been made of the productivity of mahoe for firewood.
- Mahoe tried his best to preserve the souls and bodies of the unhappy Gilbertese.
- The mahoe is widely valued as an ornamental because of its lush foliage and attractive flowers.
- The mahoe is ofen planted to stablize sand dunes and, on muddy shores, to trap soil to reinforce the coastline.
- In the past, in Hawaii, oiled sticks of mahoe wood were set afire and thrown from cliffs in quick succession as "fireworks."
- The Chatham Islands ribbonwood (Plagianthus divaricatus), mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus), akeake, and flax have all flourished since domestic stock were removed from the island.
- 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).