Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahoe

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ma-hoe
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.

noun

Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.

noun

Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.

noun

Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.

noun

Either of two different trees, usually found around the tropics.

noun

Either of two different trees, usually found around the tropics.

Example Sentences

"The green flanks of the uplands, all feathered with bamboo interspersed with the dark, glinting green of breadfruit and the sudden Bengal fire of Flame of the Forest, gave way to the lower forests of ebony, mahogany, mahoe and logwood."

Etymology

Taíno mahou

Word Breakdown

Root: mahou

Inflected Forms

mahoes (plural)

Synonyms

cuban bast blue mahoe majagua mahagua hibiscus elatus balibago purau hibiscus tiliaceus

Questions

What does mahoe mean?: Any of certain trees in the mallow family, native to the Caribbean.
Where does mahoe come from?: Taíno mahou

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