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ʻĪnia

/ ʻĪ.nia / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., India; East Indian.

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    • English.

2. (Not cap.) n., The pride of India (Melia azedarach 🌐), a tree from the Old World, naturalized in Hawaiʻi. It has much-divided fernlike leaves, and bears large clusters of purplish flowers and fruits like golden balls.

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    • Neal 491–2.

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iʻoa, India; Indian, i.e. referring to India and its peoples.

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East Indian; India.

Pride of India (Melia azedarach). (NEAL 491.) See Plants: Uses.

Pride of India (Melia azedarach), found in warm parts of the Old World. It grows to 60 feet in Hawaiʻi. Often called the chinaberry tree. It has delicate, lilac-colored flowers. The wood is used for musical instruments and seeds yield oil. Some parts of the tree have medicinal value. Its leaves, placed in books, may keep insects away. (NEAL 491.)

I. Eset. 1:1; 8:9, o ka aina ma ka hikina o Peresia kahiko a me Baketeria, ua kapaia mamuli o Inedu ka muliwai i kahe iwaenakonu o ka aina. Ua palaha aku ka Inia kahiko i ka akau a me ke komohana mamua o ka Inia e noho nei; a o ka aina ma ka hema, aole ike nui ia i kela wa, e like me ia i keia wa holo moku ilaila.

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