1. n., A small native tree (Ochrosia compta) related to the hao (Rauvolfia 🌐) and closely resembling it, but the leaves thicker, the yellow flowers fragrant, and the twinned fruits yellow and much larger. Formerly, bark and roots yielded a yellow dye for tapa.
2. nvt., Tapa dyed with hōlei; to dye thus.
3. n., An introduced yellow dotted cloth.
4. n., A variety of sweet potato.
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v. To open; to gape open, as the eyelids, or as the labia feminarum.
s. Name of a tree used (bark and root) to color yellow.
1. A much branching glabrous shrub or tree (Ochrosia sandwicensis).
2. Yellow dye made from the bark and root of the holei tree. Also spelt hoolei.
To produce a yellow dye from roots and bark of the holei tree.
Pali and ancient village, Puna qd., Hawaiʻi. A supernatural rat, ʻĀpua, lived here; he was shot by Pikoi-a-ka-ʻalalā. Street, Diamond Head section, Honolulu. (TM.) Lit., Ochrosia sandwicensis, a native tree.
Small tree (Ochrosia sandwicensis) that formerly supplied bark and root for a yellow dye for kapa.
Rare Hawaiian tree (Ochrosia compta), related to the hao (Rauvolfia spp.). A yellow dye for kapa was once extracted from the bark and roots. (NEAL 691.)
Variety of sweet potato. (HP 141.)
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