ʻāhihi
/ ʻā.hihi /1. n., A low spreading bush (Metrosideros 🌐 sp.), formerly numerous in Nuʻuanu.
2. n., Any plant with long runners or creepers, as cup of gold; any creeping vine.
- References:
- Cf. hihi, entangled.
ʻĀhihi
- Point, Līhuʻe district, Kauaʻi.
- Bay, Mākena qd., Maui.
- Street, Kalihi Uka, Honolulu, Oʻahu.
- Literally, entwined.
ʻāhihi
- Cup of gold (Solandra hartwegii), a large, smooth, woody shrub enjoyed for its large, showy, yellow flowers blooming January through March. Watching a bud as it opens is interesting. Kamehameha Schools supplied cuttings for the slopes looking down into Punchbowl. (NEAL 748.)
- Low-spreading bush in Nuʻuanu Valley; variety of lehua, noted for its blossoms. Name ʻahihi means entangled.
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