pānini-o-Kapunahou
kikino ｜ noun / pā.nini-o-Ka-puna-hou /n., The night-blooming cereus (Hylocereus undatus 🌐), a Mexican cactus with succulent, green, jointed, three-winged stems that climb on trees and walls. About 1830 it was brought to Hawaiʻi, where during summer and fall it bears large numbers of large white flowers which open in the evening and last only until the next morning. A famous hedge is at Punahou School (formerly called Kapunahou).
- Literally, Kapunahou cactus.
- References:
- Neal 609-11.
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