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CUBAN BAST
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
blue mahoe; Cuban bast; Hibiscus elatus; mahagua; mahoe; majagua
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Hypernyms ("Cuban bast" is a kind of...):
hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)