majaguan.
/məˈhɑːɡwə/, /məˈhaɡwə/, U.S. /məˈhɑɡwə/ Any of various trees found in the New World tropics and used as a source of strong fibre for rope, etc.; esp. either of two closely related species of the family Malvaceae, Hibiscus tilaceus and the blue mahoe, H. elatus; the wood of any of these trees. Cf. mahoe n.1 1(a).
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1844 J. G. F. Wurdemann Notes on Cuba vi. 159 Its trunk split into poles and tied firmly together by strips of bark from the majaguay..forms the frame and rafters.
1855 R. S. Fisher Spanish West Indies i. 41 Building Timber..majagua, strong and elastic.
1893 H. H. Bancroft Resources & Developm. Mexico v. 176 Jalacín, majagua, and poa.
1947 J. C. Rich Materials & Methods Sculpt. x. 292 Majagua is a hard, green to blue-gray, Cuban wood used primarily for the manufacture of baseball bats.
1958 Flowering Plants from Cuban Gardens 52 One of the most useful native flowering trees, the majagua, grows to 80 ft.
1980 Timbers of World ii. v. 367 Mahoe..other names..mountain mahoe (Jamaica); majugua, majagua azul (Cuba).
1995 Ecol. Applic. 5 884 Non-forest timber products... Majagua... Heliocarpus appendiculatus... Use... Rope from bark.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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