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AI-NA-KE-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Aina, eating, and kea, species of cane. See KOKEA. The eating of sugar-cane till dry and white.

Ainakea (ăi'-nă-kē'-ă), n.

/ ăi'-nă-kē'-ă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The dry and white refuse of sugar cane after the juice has been expressed; cane trash; bagasse.

2. The sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum), especially the white species.

Ainakea (ā'i-nă-ke'a):

/ ā'i-nă-ke'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

white land. Land section, Kohala, Hawaii.

ʻĀina-kea

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Land section, Kohala qd., Hawaiʻi. Ka-mehameha I was trained here by Kaukōkō in Oʻahu fighting methods. A hero, Kukui-pahu, and 3,200 men were killed here and their feather cloaks taken (HM 419). Way, Ka-pahulu, Honolulu. ʻAina-kea is a kind of sugarcane.

ʻaina-kea

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Cane with opposite buds, pith generally dark. Striped maroon-red when young, changing to purplish-red and yellow when mature. It is a pretty cane. It could be mistaken for ʻōhiʻa when young. The leaves are somewhat variegated, and leaf sheaths are distinctly striped with white. Used medicinally.

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