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ʻawapuhi

/ ʻawa.puhi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Wild ginger (Zingiber zerumbet 🌐), a forest herb with narrow leaves arranged along a stalk 30 to 60 cm high, bearing on a separate stalk small yellowish flowers in an oblong head, and having aromatic underground stems; a native of India.

2. n., A variety of sweet potato.

3. n., A type of taro (no data).

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A-WA-PU-HI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The ginger root; the bastard ginger, the smell odoriferous, used for dyeing.

Awapuhi (ā-wā-pū'-hĭ), n.

/ ā-wā-pū'-hĭ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A species of plant (Zingiber zerumbet) of the ginger family; the ginger.

2. The pungent rootstock of the ginger; formerly used to scent tapa.

3. The bastard ginger.

4. Perfume made from the ginger plant.

Awapuhi (ăwă-pu'hi):

/ ăwă-pu'hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

ginger. Land section, Hilo, Hawaii.

ʻAwapuhi

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

Street, Mānoa, Honolulu. Lit., ginger.

ʻāwapuhi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Wild ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), which has aromatic, knobbed, underground stems used to scent the kapa. (NEAL 257.)

ʻawapuhi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Wild ginger (Zingiber zerumbet), a forest herb found in the lower parts of damp forests. A native of India, it also is distributed throughout Polynesia. The plant forms a continuous ground cover and has large, aromatic, underground stems, formerly used to scent kapa. A sudsy juice, squeezed out of mature flower heads, was used for shampooing and as a thirst quencher in earlier times. Also called ʻawapuhi kuahiwi. (NEAL 257.)

‘awapuhi

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

ginger.

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