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ʻānapanapa

/ ʻā.napa.napa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Reduplication of ʻanapa.

2. n., Hawaiian soap plant (Colubrina asiatica 🌐), a twining shrub, distributed from Africa, India, and Australia to Polynesia, with ovate- to heart-shaped leaves and small round fruits. The leaves form a lather in water and have long been used as soap on Pacific islands. The plant is mistakenly reported to be poisonous.

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    • Neal 541.

3. n., Red seaweeds (Gelidium 🌐 spp.); small, stiff, branching, edible plants.

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A-NA-PA-NA-PA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The dazzling of the sun on any luminous body, such as strikes the eyes with pain.

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Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A species of tree, the bark of which is used for soap.

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Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A species of limu.

ʻānapanapa

/ ā-nă'-pă-nă'-pā / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A species of red algae with gelatinous branching fronds—the Gelidium. Same as ekahakaha.

2. n., A species of soap-tree (Colubrina asiatica) the Hawaiian soapbark-tree, whose alkaline inner bark is used for soap: also known as kukuku (Tahitian tutu).

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Anapanapa (ā-nă'-pă-nă'-pă), n.

/ ā-nă'-pă-nă'-pă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Same as anapa.

Anapanapa (ā-nă'-pă-nă'-pă), v.

/ ā-nă'-pă-nă'-pă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

See anapa.

ʻanapanapa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Edible seaweed, reddish and stiff. It is tenacious, holding fast to the exposed lava rocks near the tide line in rough water, where it is washed constantly by the surf. Especially liked by the natives of Kauaʻi and Maui. Also called limu loloa, perhaps Gelidium spp.

ʻānapanapa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Smooth shrub (Colubrina asiatica). (NEAL 541.) See Plants: Uses. See kukuku.

ʻānapanapa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Smooth shrub (Colubrina asiatica) with twining stems reaching up to 20 feet. Its leaves, which form a lather in the water, have long been used as soap. The plant is also used medicinally and is not poisonous as once supposed. It is mostly found near the coast. Its name means glistening. Also called kukuku. (NEAL 541.)

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