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Definition of Blue mahoe
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blue Mahoe
Literary usage of Blue mahoe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Salmon Fly: How to Dress it and how to Use it by George M. Kelson (1895)
"blue mahoe is here and there the acknowledged king. ... blue mahoe is nevertheless
a remarkably light, if not the lightest of all rod woods, and in skilled ..."
2. A Text-book of Wood by Herbert Stone (1921)
"The blue mahoe (Hibiscus elatus), and its ally, the Jamaica Cork-wood (H.
tiliaceus). Purple. The Purple-hearts. Grey or greyish-brown. ..."
3. Adventure Guide to Jamaica by Paris Permenter (2005)
"... Forest Reserve (a wilderness filled with mahogany, eucalyptus, and blue mahoe);
and the easily accessible Hollywell Recreational Park (see below). ..."
4. The United States and Cuba. by James Mursell Phillippo (1857)
"... covered with large pink or purplish flowers; the blue mahoe (hibiscus arboreus)—a
timber tree of vast size and of great splendour, covered with flowers ..."
5. American Game Fishes: Their Habits, Habitat, and Peculiarities; How, When by W. A. Perry (1892)
"Several kinds of wood are in popular use, and the favorites, both in this country
and England, are greenheart, blue mahoe, lance-wood and hickory. ..."
6. Amateur Rodmaking by Perry D. Frazer (1914)
"Other materials are: Ash, lancewood, whalebone and cane combined; ash and lancewood
in combination; willow, blue mahoe, ..."
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