1. n. A variety of taro, tall and stocky, distinguished by the black edge of the petiole; corm white, less acrid than most taros, used chiefly as a table taro also medicinally. The name may be qualified by the colors ʻeleʻele and keʻokeʻo. Also lauloa hāʻeleʻele, lauloa palakea.
2. vs. Soft, white, clear, unclouded.
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s. A variety of kalo.
2. A kind of vegetable eaten in time of scarcity.
adj. Pala and kea, white. Anything soft and white; white; clear; unclouded; unshaded with any color.
[Pala, soft, and kea, white.] Applied to anything soft and white; white; clear; unclouded; unshaded with any color.
1. A variety of taro like the haokea.
2. A vegetable of the fern family eaten in time of scarcity.
Variety of kalo, usually not made into poi. It was once used as a substitute for bread and eaten in time of famine. Also used medicinally.
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