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hāpuʻu

kikinonoun / hā.puʻu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., An endemic tree fern (Cibotium splendens, formerly called C. chamissoi), common in many forests of Hawaiʻi, as at Kīlauea Volcano, and now frequently cultivated. These ferns grow about 5 m high, and the trunks are crowned with large, triangular, lacy-looking fronds up to 2.7 m long, their light brown stems rising from a mass of silky, golden pulu (wool). Young stems were formerly used to make hats; the pulu was used as a dressing and to embalm the dead and later as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. The starchy trunk core has been used for cooking and laundry, the outer fibrous part to line or form baskets for plants. Young shoots are called pepeʻe.

2. n., Grouper, a fish (Epinephelus quernus).

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3. n., Budding.

  • Figuratively, child, baby; young, as of squid (rare).

4. n., A variety of taro, also hāpuʻupuʻu, that may be qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele, hāuliuli (favored by planters), kea or keʻokeʻo, lena, and ʻulaʻula.

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    • HP 17, 18, 32.

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v., To be many; to be multitudinous; to abound in plenty; thick together.

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hapuu

ʻaʻanostative verb / HA-PUU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Many; abounding; plenteous.

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hapuu

kikinonoun / HA-PUU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Name of a species of large fern; the root is eatable in time of famine. See kahapuu.

2. Name of a species of fish.

Nā LepiliTags: flora fauna fish

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hapuu

ʻaʻanostative verb / hā'-pu'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Many; abounding; plenteous.

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hapuu

kikinonoun / hā'-pu'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A species of tree fern. (Cibotium ehamissoi and C. glaucum.) Trunks have been seen of 16 or more feet in height. The soft flossy wool at the foot of the leaf stalks is known as pulu. Also called the pulu fern.

2. n., The tender shoots of the hapuu fern.

3. n., A goddess of necromancy.

Nā LepiliTags: flora religion

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v., To be many; to be thick together; to abound.

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Edible fern.

Child.

Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotum chamissoi), a tree, not a shrub. (NEAL 10.) See Plants: Uses.

Hawaiian tree fern (Cibotium chamissoi), native to Hawaiʻi. On Hawaiʻi island, in association with ʻōhi a lehua, it forms forests in dry or in damp regions, especially in Puna and near Kīlauea Volcano. Some years ago there were an estimated 400,000 acres of tree ferns up to 16 feet high. Its pulu resembles the ʻamaʻu and was used to fill mattresses and pillows. Stems of the young, partly unfurled fronds were used to make hats. These stems were also mealy and fed to hogs. A food, nearly pure starch, was produced from the core of the tree and used during famine or as pig feed. (NEAL 10.)

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