mahagua   (TTS Sound)

The noun mahagua has 2 senses

• mahoe, majagua, mahagua, balibago, purau, Hibiscus tiliaceus -- (shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament)


• Cuban bast, blue mahoe, mahoe, majagua, mahagua, Hibiscus elatus -- (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)