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1. vs., Green.

• References:
  • Cf. mamaʻo, maʻomaʻo, ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

2. n., The native cotton (Gossypium sandvicense), a shrub in the hibiscus family, bearing yellow flowers and seed cases containing brown cotton.

• Related:
  • Also: huluhulu.
• References:
  • Neal 566.
  • Cf. pulupulu haole.

3. n., The hoary abutilon (Abutilon incanum 🌐), a small native, velvety shrub, in the hibiscus family, with small heartshaped leaves, small pink and red flowers, and small dry fruits.

• References:
  • Neal 550.

4. n., The hairy abutilon (Abutilon grandifolium 🌐), a weedy, hairy, South American shrub, with large, broad leaves, orange, ʻilima-like flowers, and ten-parted, black, dry fruits. When green and soft, these fruits are used in making ʻilima leis, one for each end of the lei.

• References:
  • Neal 550.

5. Same as ʻōmaʻo, thrush.

• References:
  • PCP mako.

See ʻō, there.

1. vs., Cleared, as rain; alleviated, assuaged, as grief; to clear up, as rain; to pass, as sadness.

• Examples:
  • Ua mao aʻela ke kaumaha, the sadness has ceased.
• References:
  • PPN mao.

2. vi., To fade, as cloth.

3. n., Type of fish.

• References:
  • KL. line 158.
  • Cf. maomao.