ʻalani
n. Any kind of orange, both fruit and tree, as Citrus sinensis. (Neal 483.) Eng. Melemele ʻili ʻalani, orange-yellow color.
alani
1. n., Brown seaweeds (Dictyota 🌐 spp.), regularly divided into narrow segments. They are so bitter that they will taint other seaweeds put with them and can be eaten but little and by some are considered poisonous.
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- Cf. kūālani.
2. An Oʻahu tree (Pelea sandwicensis or P. oahuensis), with oblong, fragrant leaves (like the mokihana of Kauaʻi), which were used for scenting tapa.
- References:
- PPN alani.
3. An upland moss.
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ʻālani
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ʻālani
kikino ｜ noun / ʻā•lani /kikino, The fruit. Orange.
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- Cf. ʻili ʻālani.
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A-LA-NI
s. The name of the mountain on Lanai and some other places.
A-LA-NI
s. Name of a timber tree used in fitting up canoes.
A-LA-NI
s. Eng. The Hawaiian pronunciation of the word orange; an orange, a foreign fruit; also, the name of the tree.
A-LA-NI
s. Name of a land breeze at Lanai, from the name of the montain.
A-LA-NI
s. Name of a species of limu, bitter, and very similar to the limu lipoa.
alani
/ ā-lă'-nĭ /1. n., Name given to the genus of trees and shrubs called Pelea of the family Rutaceae.
2. n., Name of a timber tree used in fitting up canoes.
3. n., The name of a mountain on Lānaʻi.
4. n., Orange, the fruit of Citrus aurantium.
5. n., The orange tree.
6. n., Name of a breeze on Lānaʻi, from the name of the mountain. He alani ko Liloa
Kapa ala o na kaha.
7. n., Seamoss of the species of limu. It is bitter, and very similar to the lipoa.
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Alani
Drive, Woodlawn, upper Mānoa, Honolulu, perhaps named for a tree (Pelea sandwicensis).
ʻalani
The color orange.
alani
The names of many Hawaiian birds come from their peculiar cries: alani, ʻaʻo, ʻālala, ʻēlepaio, nau, ʻūlili, kioea, and kōlea among others.
ʻAlani
Mountain of Lanaʻi. (A.)
alani
Two brown seaweeds (Dictyota acutiloba and D. baratayresii), both very branched. They attach themselves to other algae. Native Hawaiians disliked their bitterness.
alani
One of the largest trees of the genus Pelea. It grows in Oʻahuʻs wet forests. The wood is used for kapa beaters, the leaves for scenting kapa, and the bark for medicine. (NEAL 477.)
ālani
Land breeze on Lanaʻi named after a mountain of the same name on that island.
‘alani
orange.
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