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mahoe

mahoe noun: any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.

Noun (1)

mahoe (plural mahoes)

  1. Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.
    • The green flanks of the uplands, all feathered with bamboo interspersed with the dark, glinting green of breadfruit and the sudden Bengal fire of Flame of the Forest, gave way to the lower forests of ebony, mahogany, mahoe and logwood.1954, Ian Fleming, “The Undertaker's Wind”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 181
    1. Talipariti elatum (syn. Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe)
    2. Talipariti tiliaceum (syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus, seaside mahoe)
    3. Thespesia populnea (seaside mahoe)

Noun (2)

mahoe (plural mahoes)

  1. Alectryon macrococcus, a tree in the soapberry family, endemic to Hawaii.
  2. Any tree of genus Melicytus, in the violet family, known from southeastern Australia and New Zealand, especially Melicytus ramiflorus.

Forms of mahoe

pluralmahoes

Origin of mahoe

Taíno mahou

From Maori.

Questions about mahoe

What does mahoe mean?
Mahoe means any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.
What part of speech is mahoe?
Mahoe is a noun.
What is the plural of mahoe?
The plural of mahoe is mahoes.

Words near mahoe in the dictionary

  1. Mahnomen County
  2. Mahoba
  3. mahobohobo
  4. Mahock
  5. Mahocks
  6. mahoe
  7. mahoes
  8. mahoffi
  9. mahoffis
  10. mahoganee
  11. mahoganey

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