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▪ I. ‖ mahoe1 Bot.|məˈhəʊ|
Also 7–8 mahot, maho, 8 moho, 9 mohoe, mohaul, mohaut.
[Carib mahou; the early spelling mahot is Fr.]
1. The name of several trees. (Also mahoe-tree.)
a. A sterculiaceous tree or large shrub (Sterculia caribæa), a native of the West Indies.
b. A malvaceous shrub or tree (Paritium tiliaceum and P. elatum), with a wide range through tropical countries.
c. Applied with qualifications to similar plants of various genera. (See quot. 1866.)
1666J. Davies Hist. Carib. Isl. i. viii. 49 [tr. Rochefort 1658] Of the Tree called Mahot there are two kinds, Mahot⁓franc, and Mahot d'herbe. 1671Ogilby America 348 The Mahot-Tree, of the Bark of which are made Laces and Points. 1697W. Dampier Voy. (1729) I. iii. 37 They make their Lines both for fishing and striking with the Bark of Maho. 1756P. Browne Jamaica 284 The Mountain Mohoe..grows to a considerable size,..and is generally reckoned an excellent timber-tree. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) III. 162 Having fed upon the flowers of the mahot..it [the iguana] goes to repose upon the branches of the trees. 1838Penny Cycl. XII. 193/1 In the West Indies the whips with which the slaves are lashed are made from the fibres of H[ibiscus] arboreus (mohoe or mohaul). 1845Lindley Veg. Kingd. (1846) 369 The plant [sc. Hibiscus] is called Mohoe or Mohaut. 1866Treas. Bot. 711/1 Mahoe, blue or common, Paritium elatum. —, bombast, Ochroma Lagopus. —, Congo, Hibiscus clypeatus. —, grey or mountain, Paritium elatum. —, seaside, Thespesia populnea.
2. The wood or the fibre of some of these trees.
1897Daily News 10 Mar. 6/3 In rods alone there was an almost endless variety, whether of built cane,..blue mahoe,..or any other material.
3. attrib., as mahoe bush; mahoe-piment, Daphnopsis caribæa (Grisebach Flora W. Ind. 1864, p. 785).
1827Roberts Voy. Centr. Amer. 127 Some of the very low land is covered with water..producing only rank coarse grass and Mohoe bushes.
▪ II. ‖ mahoe2|ˈmɑːhɔe, məˈhəʊɪ|
[Maori.]
The New Zealand Whitewood-tree, Melicytus ramiflorus
1835W. Yate Acc. N. Zealand (ed. 2) 49 Mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus)..grows to a height of not more than fifty feet. 1866Treas. Bot. s.v. Melicytus, M. ramiflorus is the Mahoë of the New Zealanders, which must not be confounded with the Mahoe of the West Indies. |