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1. fei, n. View full entry 1829
...A type of plantain, Musa fehi, native of Tahiti and New Caledonia....
2. heiau, n. View full entry 1825
...A temple....
3. hula, n. View full entry 1825
...An Hawaiian dance, with six basic steps, which portrays through symbolic and imitative gestures natural phenomena, sports, and historical or mythological subjects....
4. iliahi, n. View full entry 1825
...One of several trees of the genus Santalum, esp. S. freycinetianum, which grow in Hawaii and yield an aromatic wood....
5. kou, n. View full entry 1825
...A Hawaiian tree, Cordia subcordata, of the family Boraginaceæ, or its dark brown wood....
6. kukui, n. View full entry 1825
...An evergreen tree, Aleurites moluccana, of the family Euphorbiaceæ, native to the Moluccas and south Pacific islands; its large seeds yield an oil used for lighting and other...
7. maile, n. View full entry 1825
...A Hawaiian climbing shrub, Alyxia oliviformis (family Apocynaceae), which has yellowish flowers and fragrant, glossy leaves that are used locally to make garlands and for decoration....
8. naio, n. View full entry 1826
...The evergreen tree Myoporum sandwicense (family Myoporaceae), which is native to Hawaii, bears clusters of pink or white flowers, and has hard, yellow, fragrant wood. Also called ...
9. ohelo, n. View full entry 1825
...The red or yellow fruit, resembling a blueberry, of a small shrub of the volcanic regions of the Hawaiian islands of Hawaii and Maui, Vaccinium reticulatum (family Ericaceae); (also) the...
10. pahoehoe, n. View full entry 1825
...Smooth, undulating, or corded volcanic lava. Cf. aa...
11. pahu, n. View full entry 1829
...In Tahiti, Hawaii, and other parts of eastern Polynesia: an upright, cylindrical wooden drum with a shark-skin head used to accompany dances and in religious ceremonies....
