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mahoe¹

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Taíno mahou

noun 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.
  2. Talipariti elatum (syn. Hibiscus elatus, blue mahoe)
  3. Talipariti tiliaceum (syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus, seaside mahoe)
  4. Thespesia populnea (seaside mahoe)

mahoe²

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From Maori.

noun 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.

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@misc{mahoe_2026,
  title = {mahoe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mahoe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}