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ʻaʻaliʻi

kikino ｜ noun / ʻaʻa.liʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Native hardwood shrubs or trees (Dodonaea 🌐, all species), 30 cm to 10 m high, more or less sticky at branch tips; leaves narrow, 2 to 10 cm long; flowers small; fruit a yellow, red, or brown papery capsule about 1 cm long and with two to four wings.

  • Related:
    • Fruit clusters are made into leis with their own leaves or ferns and worn in the hair.
    • A boast of the people of Kaʻū, is: He ʻaʻaliʻi au, ʻaʻohe makani e hina ai, I am an ʻaʻaliʻi shrub, no wind can push me over.
    • Also ʻaʻaliʻi kū makani (ʻaʻaliʻi standing [in] wind), ʻaʻaliʻi kū ma kua (ʻaʻaliʻi standing in back).
  • References:
    • See similar ex., ʻulaʻa.
    • Neal 536–7, FS57.

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aalii

/ A-A-LII / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Name of a hard timber; more generally alii.

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aalii

/ a'a-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A hard timber tree (Dodonaea viscosa) generally alii and its wood.

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ʻaʻaliʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Native hardwood trees (Dodonaea spp.). (NEAL 536.) See Plants: Uses.

ʻaʻaliʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Native hardwood shrubs and small trees (Dodonaea spp.) of which four species and their variants are found in Hawaiʻi between sea level and 8,000 feet. Its fruits are red, yellow, or brown capsules. Trees with long, straight trunks were formerly used for house posts. Its leaves were used for medicinal purposes. Seed clusters were made into leis, combined with leaves or ferns, and worn in the hair. (NEAL 536.)

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