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vs. Somewhat bad-smelling, not quite spoiled. hoʻo.pila.pilau To allow to spoil, as fish or meat. Cf. hoʻomelu. Iʻa hoʻopilapilau, slightly tainted fish eaten raw with salt and kukui relish.

s. A turnip. See LAULELE and ANANU.

Pilapilau (pī'-lă-pī-lā'u), n.

/ pī'-lă-pī-lā'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The leaf of a species of turnip.

2. A climbing plant which resembles the maile in leaf but emits an offensive odor; a plant of the convolvulus class.

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