tropical American tree, Hibiscus elatus, of the mallow family, having wood used for cabinetwork and gunstocks
either of two tropical hibiscus trees (Hibiscus elatus and H. tiliaceus)
clambering tree, Hibiscus tileaceus, of tropical shores, having leathery, ovate leaves and yellow flowers that turn dark red as they fade, and yielding a fiber used as cordage
tree, Melicytus ramiflora, of the violet family, native to New Zealand and other Pacific islands, having greenish flowers and blue berries
MAHOE, a small, bushy white-barked tree of New Zealand, also HINAHINA [n]