hau tree
[ hou-tree ]
noun
a clambering tree, Hibiscus tileaceus, of tropical shores, having leathery, ovate leaves and yellow flowers that turn dark red as they fade, and yielding a fiber used as cordage.
Origin of hau tree
1First recorded in 1840–45; from Hawaiian hau “hau tree” + tree
- Also called mahoe, sea hi·bis·cus [seehahy-bis-kuhs, hi-] /ˈsi haɪˈbɪs kəs, hɪ-/ .
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How to use hau tree in a sentence
She remembered listening as he sang them over and over under the hau tree at Waikiki.
The House of Pride | Jack LondonThe sign of the shallow sea kapu was the placing of branches of the hau tree all along the shore.
Hawaiian Folk Tales | VariousThe doctor laughed at it heartily, as a joke on himself, and glanced at the musicians under the hau tree.
The House of Pride | Jack LondonOver this limb hung a stout rope braided of the fibrous bark of the hau tree.
In the Track of the Trades | Lewis R. FreemanThe silent witness to these festivities of years ago, the great hau-tree, still stands.
The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson | Nellie van De Grift Sanchez
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