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1. n., All kinds of hibiscus, including the native white hibiscus (Hibiscus arnottianus 🌐); often called pua aloalo, pualoalo.

• Related:
  • A law was passed in 1923 making the aloalo the flower of the Territory of Hawaiʻi.
  • Qualifying terms: hua moa (egg) or pele (bell) (Abutilon pictum 🌐, Neal 550), koʻakoʻa (Hibiscus schizopetalus 🌐 or coral hibiscus, Neal 558; see also kulapepeiao); lahilahi (all single-flowered forms), pahūpahū (Malvaviscus arboreus 🌐 var. penduliflorus; literally, firecracker, Neal 554), ponimōʻī (Hibiscus, an introduced variety with red double flowers 8 cm. wide or less, literally, coronation, carnation, Neal 556), pupupu (Hibiscus, all double-flowered forms), waikāhuli (Hibiscus mutabilis 🌐, Neal 558–9, during the day flowers changed from white to pink or red).
  • Formerly the blossoms were used as laxatives.

2. n., Squilla (Pseudosquilla ciliata 🌐, Lysiosquilla maculata 🌐), highly desired as food. Also Squilla sp.

3. Loved and served by many persons, as a chief or favorite child; esteemed.

• Examples:
  • Haku o Hawaiʻi he inoa, hānau aloalo aʻu a Keʻelikōlani (chant for Prince of Hawaiʻi), his title is Prince of Hawaiʻi, child of Keʻelikōlani, mine, born with many to serve and love [him].
• References:
  • Cf. alo.

4. n., Tapa made from māmaki mixed with wauke.

• References:
  • Kam. 76:115.
  • Perhaps PNP aloalo .

v. Double form, of alo. To turn this way and that; to look one way and another, as if in fear, or about to do mischief. Puk. 2:12. Aloalo na maka o ka aihue.

v. See ALO. TO dodge; to flee from, as a shower, i. e., to run from one tree to another; aloalo ua, aloalo makani, kipakipa, pukauhale, to dodge the rain, &c.

v. To go after, as a servant; to bring things; to wait on; he ai puupuu, he poi puupuu.

[Freq. of alo, to dodge.]

1. To dodge rapidly or continuously.

2. To look about slyly with a quick cast of the eyes, as if in fear, or about to do mischief: Aloalo na maka o ka aihue.

to dodge. Land section, Kona, Oahu.

Red or Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), now a cosmopolitan hedge bush. When crushed, its red flowers turn black yielding dark, purplish dyes. The leaves are also used for dyes. (NEAL 556.) Introduced.

Hibiscus, a favorite flower of Hawaiʻi and commonly grown in most gardens. More than 5,000 varieties have been produced using native and introduced species. Some are edible, some produce fiber. The aloalo is the state flower of Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 556.)

Squilla or mantis shrimp (Pseudosquilla ciliata), highly desired as food. It is found in shallow water under stones or in holes in dead coral blocks. It looks like a four-footed animal of the sea.

Squilla or mantis shrimp (Pseudosquilla ciliata), highly desired as food. It is found in shallow water under stones or in holes in dead coral blocks. It looks like a four-footed animal of the sea.

hibiscus.