Meanings
mahoe1
plural mahoes
- 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- Talipariti elatum (syn. Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe)
- Talipariti tiliaceum (syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus, seaside mahoe)
- Thespesia populnea (seaside mahoe)
mahoe2
plural mahoes
- Either of two different trees, usually found around the tropics.
- Any tree of genus Melicytus, in the violet family, known from southeastern Australia and New Zealand, especially Melicytus ramiflorus.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounshrubby 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
nounerect 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
mahoe · noun
- Taínomahou
- Englishmahoe
Taíno mahou
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mahoe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mahoe
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