| 单词 | mahoe tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmahoe tree 1. Any of various tropical trees and large shrubs, chiefly of the family Malvaceae, which are valued for their fibrous bast; esp. (a) either of two hibiscuses, Hibiscus pernambucensis, common in the New World tropics, and (more fully blue mahoe, mountain mahoe) the exclusively West Indian H. elatus, whose wood is shot with blue; (b) (more fully seaside mahoe) an allied pantropical tree of coastal woodland, Thespesia populnea; (c) a tall, flowering evergreen tree of the eastern Caribbean, Sterculia caribaea (family Sterculiaceae). Also mahoe bush, mahoe tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > hibiscus or mallow trees or shrubs and allies > [noun] mallowa1400 mallowa1425 shrubbed mallow1597 shrubby mallow1597 shrub mallow1640 mahoe1666 purau1769 Malabar rose1818 rose of Sharon1835 shuttlecock1836 hau1843 cotton tree1876 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > South American and West Indian trees or shrubs > [noun] > others persea1601 mahoe1666 poison berry1672 white mangrove1683 maiden plum1696 angelin1704 garlic-pear1725 milkwood-tree1725 Jack-in-the-box1735 cherimoya1736 rattle bush1750 galapee1756 genip1756 lace bark1756 sunfruit1787 wild orange1802 hog-nut1814 mountain pride1814 savannah wattle1814 mora1825 rubber tree1826 mayflower1837 bastard manchineel1838 long john1838 seringa1847 sack tree1849 jumbie tree1860 jumbie bean1862 king-tree1863 gauze-tree1864 mountain green1864 snowdrop tree1864 strong bark1864 switch-sorrel1864 candle-tree1866 maypole1866 angelique1873 poisonwood1884 porkwood1884 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > mahoe mahoe1835 mahoe1845 hina hina1867 1666 J. Davies tr. C. de Rochefort Hist. Caribby-Islands i. viii. 49 Of the Tree called Mahot there are two kinds, Mahot~franc, and Mahot d'herbe. 1670 J. Ogilby America ii. xviii. 348 The Mahot-Tree, of the Bark of which are made Laces and Points. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 37 They make their Lines both for Fishing and Striking with the bark of Maho. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. ii. 284 The Mountain Mohoe..grows commonly to a considerable size:..and is generally reckoned an excellent timber-tree. 1763 W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 96 The shore..[is] cloathed with..vanilla, moho, and cabbage-trees, &c. 1763 T. Robinson in W. Roberts Acct. First Discov. Florida 100 They [sc. Spaniards in Florida] have the moho-tree, a very useful shrub, in great plenty. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 150 Having fed upon the flowers of the mahot..it [sc. the iguana] goes to repose upon the branches of the trees. 1827 O. W. Roberts Narr. Voy. Central Amer. 127 Some of the very low land is covered with water..producing only rank coarse grass and Mohoe bushes. 1845 J. Lindley Veg. Kingdom (1846) 369 From the fibres of the bark of Hibiscus arboreus the whips were manufactured with which the slaves were lashed in the West India Islands; the plant is called Mohoe or Mohaut. 1861 Technologist 2 125 The wood of the ‘Blue mahoe’ (Paritium elatum, Don.) is used in Jamaica for..furniture. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 711/1 Mahoe, blue or common, Paritium elatum. —, bombast, Ochroma Lagopus. —, Congo, Hibiscus clypeatus. —, grey or mountain, Paritium elatum. —, seaside, Thespesia populnea. 1869 Proc. Sci. Assoc. Trinidad 1 403 Among those of our most useful forest trees which peculiarly affect the mountains are..the Mahoe tree (Sterculia caribœa, which must not be confounded with the Partium tiliaceum). 1871 C. Kingsley At Last II. xi. 160 We..rode along the firm sand between the sea and the lagoon, through the low wood of Shore Grape and Mahaut, Pinguin and Swamp Seguine. 1933 C. McKay Banana Bottom xxviii. 259 A large..mountain forest with..the finest West Indian hardwood..broadleaf, ebony, sweetwood, bullet tree, mahogany, mahoe. 1949 V. S. Reid New Day i. ii. 17 Barrack-cart..sometimes has no grease on the axle, and that time, the iron rubs on mahoe wood. 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 66/1 Hibiscus pernambucensis... This is the tree most Barbadians call Mahoe, a name derived from an Amerindian word for any fibre-yielding tree. 1993 S. Carrington Wild Plants Barbados 67/2 Thespesia populnea... Anodyne, Mahoe... Throughout the tropics; common; seashore woodland. < as lemmas |
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