Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mahagua"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mahagua
n 1: 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 [syn: {mahoe}, {majagua}, {balibago}, {purau},
{Hibiscus tiliaceus}]
2: 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
[syn: {Cuban bast}, {blue mahoe}, {mahoe}, {majagua}, {Hibiscus
elatus}]
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