a small bushy New Zealand tree of the violet family, with whitish bark and clusters of small greenish flowers 堇菜科灌木,枝花蜜胞花
Melicytus ramiflorus, family Violaceae 拉丁名Melicytus ramiflorus,堇菜科
语源
early 19th cent.: from Maori
mahoe2 [məˈhəʊ] noun
(W. Indian)any of a number of tropical trees and shrubs yielding bast that is used to make cordage (西印度)瑞香科灌木
Several species, especially of the genus Hibiscus (family Malvaceae), in particular the widespreadH. tiliaceus and the Caribbean H. elatus 数种,特别是木槿属(锦葵科)植物,尤指分布广泛的黄槿(拉丁名H. Tiliaceus)和加勒比地区的高红槿(拉丁名H. elatus)