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kī.lau

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. Bracken or brake (Pteridium aquilinum var. decompositum), a cosmopolitan, stiff, weedy fern, with creeping underground stems and long-stemmed, triangular fronds 60 or more cm long, much divided. (Neal 15–6.) Also kīlau pueo, paiʻā.

2. Ti stalk with shredded leaves, as held by a fishing director (kilo iʻa) and used to guide the fishing canoes; ti stalk used to flip water of purification.

Kilau (ki-lă'u):

/ ki-lă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

leaf of the ti plant. Land section, Hilo, Hawaii.

Kīlau

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Peak (4,080 feet high), Ka-malō qd., Molokaʻi, probably named for a fern.

kīlau

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum), a cosmopolitan plant collected at up to 9,500 feet but most common at 4,000. (NEAL 15.)

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