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Ma*ho"ni*a (?), n. [Named after Bernard
McMahon.] (Bot.) The Oregon grape, a species of
barberry (Berberis Aquifolium), often cultivated for its
hollylike foliage.

Ma*hon" stock` (?). (Bot.) An annual
cruciferous plant with reddish purple or white flowers (Malcolmia
maritima). It is called in England Virginia stock, but the
plant comes from the Mediterranean.

||Ma*hoo"hoo (?), n.
(Zoöl.) The African white two-horned rhinoceros
(Atelodus simus).

Ma"ho*ri (?), n. [Native name. Cf.
Maori.] (Ethnol.) One of the dark race inhabiting
principally the islands of Eastern Polynesia. Also used
adjectively.

Ma`hound (?), n. A contemptuous
name for Mohammed; hence, an evil spirit; a devil. [Obs.]

Who's this, my mahound cousin ?

||Ma*hout" (?), n. [Hind.
mahāwat, Skr.


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