hapuu

American

[hah-poo-oo] / hɑˈpu u /

Or hapu'u

noun

a Hawaiian tree fern, Cibotium splendens, the cut trunks of which are used in horticulture as pots and planters.

Etymology

Origin of hapuu

First recorded in 1830–40; from the Hawaiian hāpuʾu

Example Sentences

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In time of famine, his servants went through the forest and collected the hapuu, a nourishing fern which then took the place of poi.

From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles

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