Cuban bast

Cuban bast
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
Syn: ↑blue mahoe, ↑mahoe, ↑majagua, ↑mahagua, ↑Hibiscus elatus
Hypernyms: ↑hibiscus

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: the bast fiber of the mountain mahoe

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Cuban bast — aukštasis vilnūtras statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pluoštinis augalas (Talipariti elatum), paplitęs Kuboje ir Jamaikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Talipariti elatum angl. blue mahoe; Cuban bast šaltinis …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • Hibiscus elatus — majagua majagua n. 1. 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:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hibiscus elatus — majagua majagua n. 1. 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:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hibiscus tiliaceus — majagua majagua n. 1. 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:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hibiscus tiliaceus — majagua majagua n. 1. 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:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • majagua — n. 1. 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,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Talipariti elatum — aukštasis vilnūtras statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pluoštinis augalas (Talipariti elatum), paplitęs Kuboje ir Jamaikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Talipariti elatum angl. blue mahoe; Cuban bast šaltinis …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • aukštasis vilnūtras — statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pluoštinis augalas (Talipariti elatum), paplitęs Kuboje ir Jamaikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Talipariti elatum angl. blue mahoe; Cuban bast šaltinis Valstybinės… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • blue mahoe — aukštasis vilnūtras statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Dedešvinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pluoštinis augalas (Talipariti elatum), paplitęs Kuboje ir Jamaikoje. atitikmenys: lot. Talipariti elatum angl. blue mahoe; Cuban bast šaltinis …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • blue mahoe — 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 • Syn: ↑Cuban bast, ↑mahoe, ↑majagua, ↑mahagua, ↑Hibiscus elatus •… …   Useful english dictionary

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