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Definition of Hibiscus elatus
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 Hibiscus Elatus
Literary usage of Hibiscus elatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1856)
"It is worthy of note that this hibiscus elatus (a very near ally of II. tiliaceus,
L.) had been, till lately, known as a native of Jamaica only ; but it is ..."
2. British Manufacturing Industries by George Phillips Bevan, Bevan, George Phillips, 1829?-1889 (1876)
"Mahoe bark (hibiscus elatus or Thespesia populnea) furnishes a very strong but
coarse fibre in Demerara, which is used for making coffee bags, &c. ..."
3. Report on Indian Fibres and Fibrous Substances Exhibited at the Colonial and by Charles Frederick Cross, Edward John Bevan, C. M. King, E. Joynson (1887)
"hibiscus elatus, Sw.—Cuba bast. This fibre, the West Indian Mahoe, is cited in
the analytical table, for purposes of comparison, by those to whom the fibre ..."
4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1857)
"... described, years ago, by Swartz under the name of hibiscus elatus, and which
seems to be nothing more than a variety of the common Hibiscus liliaceous. ..."
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