mahoe

IPA: mʌhoʊ

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.

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).