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n., A native herb (Lepechinia [Sphacele] hastata 🌐) found only at altitudes of 600 to 1800m on East Maui. It is a mint, 1 to 1.5m high, more or less downy, with large leaves and clustered, narrow red-violet flowers.

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    • Neal 732.

Nā LepiliTags: flora Maui

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pākaha

/ pā.kaha / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vt., To cheat, fleece, plunder, rob, raid; robbery, raid, etc.

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2. n., A kind of shell, perhaps a conch.

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v. Pa and kaha. To be greedy of property; hence, to oppress; to cheat; to be dishonest ln any way.

s. A kind of shell-fish of the sea, rough outside.

2. Greediness after another's property; a seizing what is another's.

Pakaha (pă'-kă'-hā'), n.

/ pă'-kă'-hā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A kind of shell-fish; the conch shell.

Pakaha (pā'-kā'-ha), n.

/ pā'-kā'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Greediness after another's property; a seizing what is another's.

Pakaha (pā'-kā'-ha), v.

/ pā'-kā'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be greedy of property; hence, to oppress; to cheat; to be dishonest in any way.

Seizing anotherʻs property; robbery, plundering.

Native herb (Lepechinia hastata), a mint. Its flowers are clustered, narrow, and reddish, and it has gray foliage. Used for kitchen herbs, perfume, insect repellent, flavoring, and medicine. (NEAL 732.)

To extort, cheat, oppress; to be dishonest in any way.

to oppress, cheat, fleece.

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