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kili.ʻoʻopu

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. Some small cosmopolitan weeds, grasslike sedges, as nut grass (Cyperus rotundus); also two others (C. kyllinga and C. brevifolius); the flower stalk with head is used for stringing small fish. (Neal 84, 86.) See manunēnē.

2. (Cap.) Wind associated with Wai-heʻe, Maui, and windward Molokaʻi.

KI-LI-O-O-PU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Name of a species of grass. Laieik. 192.

2. Name of a wind at Waihee, Maui.

Kilioopu (kī'-lĭ-ŏ-ō'-pu), n.

/ kī'-lĭ-ŏ-ō'-pu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Name of a reed or tall coarse grass (Cyperus auriculatus): E hele oukou e uu mai i pua kilioopu; Go and gather flowers of the kilioopu.—Laieik. p. 92.

2. A wind of Waihee, Maui.

kiliʻoʻopu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Nut grass (Cyperus rotundus), a perennial sedge and a troublesome cosmopolitan weed in Hawaiʻi since 1850. It is difficult to eradicate as the roots bear tubers at about 5-inch intervals, successively, each able to produce new plants. (NEAL 84.)

Kiliʻoʻopu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Wind at Waiheʻe, Maui.

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