Often cultivated for ornament

• Yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
• Erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers
• Yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk
• Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 , mahagua , balibago , purau , Hibiscus tiliaceus ] erect forest ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Majagua may refer to: Hampea reynae , a flowering plant species in the Malvaceae family endemic to El Salvador Majagua, Cuba , a municipality in Ciego de Ávila Province, Cuba

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
majagua \majagua\ n. A shrubby tree ( Hibiscus tiliaceus ) widely distributed along tropical shores, which yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; it is often cultivated for ornament. Syn: mahoe, mahagua, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. ''Hampea reynae'', a plant endemic to El Salvador.