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pua.lele

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. The sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus), a weedy herb in the daisy family, from Europe. It is 30 cm tall or more, the leaves narrow, lobed, toothed, the flower heads clustered, yellow, about 3 cm in diameter. The light seeds are tipped with hairy tufts. The plant is sometimes fed to pigs and the leaves eaten by people during famine. (Neal 860.)

2. A weed (Emilia fosbergii, misidentified as E. javanica). Niʻihau. Cf. Neal 854–5.

Pualele

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

Place, Wilhelmina Rise, Honolulu. Lit., sow thistle.

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