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1. vs., Green.

• References:
  • Cf. mamaʻo, maʻomaʻo, ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

2. n., The native cotton (Gossypium sandvicense), a shrub in the hibiscus family, bearing yellow flowers and seed cases containing brown cotton.

• Related:
  • Also: huluhulu.
• References:
  • Neal 566.
  • Cf. pulupulu haole.

3. n., The hoary abutilon (Abutilon incanum 🌐), a small native, velvety shrub, in the hibiscus family, with small heartshaped leaves, small pink and red flowers, and small dry fruits.

• References:
  • Neal 550.

4. n., The hairy abutilon (Abutilon grandifolium 🌐), a weedy, hairy, South American shrub, with large, broad leaves, orange, ʻilima-like flowers, and ten-parted, black, dry fruits. When green and soft, these fruits are used in making ʻilima leis, one for each end of the lei.

• References:
  • Neal 550.

5. Same as ʻōmaʻo, thrush.

• References:
  • PCP mako.

adj., Applied to colors, green; greenish; also blue. See maomao.

1. n., A shrub used in dyeing tapa.

2. n., A blossom of that shrub.

Green, greenness. See ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

Hawaiian cotton (Gossypium tomentosum), also called huluhulu. A good, green dye can be made from the leaves. (NEAL 566.)

Shrub of the mallow family (Abutilon molle) used in dyeing kapa green. It is velvety to the touch.

Native cotton (Gossypium sandvicense). Its flowers were partly dried and eaten along with other plants for relief from stomach cramps. A tea, made from maʻo bark mixed with other roots and barks, was used to relieve stomach cramps. (BHK; NEAL 566.)

Name of a great heiau. No data. (A.)