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palapalai

/ pala.palai / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Same as palai, a fern.

2. A Niʻihau name for niʻaniʻau and kupukupu.

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3. Niʻihau name for gold fern, Pityrogramma calomelanos (syn. P. chrysophylla).

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  • References:
    • Neal 20.

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PA-LA-PA-LAI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of a species of fern. See PALAI.

Palapalai (pā'-lă-pă-lā'i), n.

/ pā'-lă-pă-lā'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Name applied in general to all varieties of the common fern.

Palapalai

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Gulch, Kohala qd., Hawaiʻi. Lit., palapalai fern.

palapalai

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hairy, native Hawaiian fern (Microlepia setosa). (NEAL 12.) See Plants: Uses.

palapalai

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hairy native Hawaiian fern (Microlepia setosa) found on the edges of forests and used as border edges. It grows up to 4 feet in height. This is one of the plants used on the hula altar built for Laka, goddess of the hula (other plants were lehua, maile, halapepe, and ʻieʻie.)(NEAL 12.)

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