majagua

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A malvaceous tree, Pariti tiliaceum, native in Porto Rice, Cuba, Mexico, Central America, and South America, and widely distributed throughout the warm regions of the world.
• noun A collective name used in Spanish-speaking countries for the bast-fibers of a number of malvaceous and similar plants. See mahoe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun 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.
• noun An erect forest tree (Hibiscus elatus) of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; it yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun 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
• 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