hau tree

American  

[hou tree] / ˈhaʊ ˌtri /

noun

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of hau tree

First recorded in 1840–45; from Hawaiian hau “hau tree” + tree

Example Sentences

Instant-hit restaurant, Hau Tree, elevates local ingredients in gorgeous dishes like ginger scallion steamed mahi-mahi, proving that Oahu’s restaurants can hold their own against the mainland’s best.

From Seattle Times

They made a rope of the hau tree bark.

From Project Gutenberg

The sign of the shallow sea kapu was the placing of branches of the hau tree all along the shore.

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She is a hau tree, and where Palila's malo is hung no hau tree grows to this day, through the power of Ku, Palila's god.

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Percival Ford looked at the Kanaka half-breed who played under the hau tree, and it seemed, as by some illumination, that he was gazing on a wraith of himself. 

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