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ʻoʻopukai

/ ʻoʻopu.kai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., A native variety of taro, so named as the leaf stem is similar in coloring to the salt-water ʻoʻopu (the fish), being yellow-green with dark-purple markings. The corms are used mainly as table taro, the leaves often for lūʻau. Grown chiefly in uplands of Kona, Hawaiʻi.

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O-O-PU-KAI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A species of oopu living in the sea. See OOPU.

Oopukai (o-o'-pu-ka'i), n.

/ o-o'-pu-ka'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A species of hard-head oopu. (Cirrhitus marmoratus.) Also called poopaa.

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