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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 gunstocksplay

    Synonyms:

    blue mahoe; Cuban bast; Hibiscus elatus; mahagua; mahoe; majagua

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    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Cuban bast" is a kind of...):

    hibiscus (any plant of the genus Hibiscus)

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