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ʻaiea
/ ʻai.ea /1. n., All species of the endemic Hawaiian genus Nothocestrum 🌐, soft-wooded shrubs and trees with ovate or oblong leaves, yellowish flowers, and whitish to reddish berries. One slender species was used for thatching sticks (ʻaho) and fire-making.
2. n., Same as kāwaʻu, a native Ilex 🌐; holly.
- Source:
- Kauaʻi.
3. n., Exhaustion.
ʻaiea
/ AI-EA /s., Fatigue; weariness.
ʻaiea
/ AI-EA /s., Name of a species of tree found on Lānaʻi and other islands used for finishing off canoes.
ʻaiea
/ ă'i-ē'-ā /n., Fatigue; weariness. Syn: ʻAieana.
ʻaiea
/ ăi-ē'a /1. n., Species of hardwood tree found on Lānaʻi and other islands. It is used for finishing off canoes.
2. n., A place in the district of ʻEwa on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi.
ʻAiea
/ ā'i-ea /a shrub (Nothocastrum). Land section, ʻEwa, Oʻahu.
ʻAiea
Land sections, mill, village, bay, stream, field, recreation center, and schools, west of Honolulu, Oʻahu.
- Literally, Nothocestrum tree.
- References:
- RC 169.
ʻaiea
All five species of the genus Nothocestrum are known in Hawaiʻi as ʻaiea. All are soft wooded. Slender stems are used for thatching, ʻaho, sticks, and firemaking in friction with a hard wood. The town of ʻAiea, Oʻahu, was named for these trees. (NEAL 738.)
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