1. n. All Hawaiian species of the genus Pittosporum, trees and shrubs with narrow leaves clustered at branch ends, and thick-valved fruits containing many seeds surrounded by a sticky substance (Neal 382–4); considered poisonous (Kam. 64:124, 140). Cf. ʻaʻawa hua kukui. Also hāʻawa.
2. See ʻawa, bitter.
v. Ho for hoo, and awa, bitter.
1. To cause bitterness; to make bitter to the taste.
2. FIG. To be hard; to be cruel; to oppress; more often hoawaawa.
s. Name of a tree or shrub.
A tree 18 to 20 feet high (Pittosporum acuminatum), also known as papaahekili.
[Ho for hoo, and awa, bitter.]
1. To make bitter to the taste.
2. To make a decoction out of leaves or barks for the purpose of extracting colors for a dyestuff.
Lane, McCully and Bingham sections, Honolulu, named for native trees and shrubs of the genus Pittosporum.
Native tree (Pittosporum hosmeri) growing to about 20 feet. It has woody or leathery valved fruits, the outer layer of which was pounded up and used medicinally to apply externally to sores. (NEAL 382.)
Genus Pittosporum, twenty-three or more species of which are in Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 382.) See Plants: Uses.
All Hawaiian species of the genus Pittosporum. They are trees and shrubs with narrow leaves clustered at branch ends, and thick-valved fruits containing two to many smooth seeds surrounded by a thick, sticky liquid. The Hawaiians used the outer layer of the fruit valves medicinally, pounding it up for application externally to sores. (NEAL 382.) There are twenty-three species of genus Pittosporum in Hawaiʻi, and perhaps more.
E huli iā “hoʻawa” ma Ulukau.
Search for “hoʻawa” on Ulukau.