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

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hau tree

They made a rope of the hau tree bark.

From Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian by Westervelt, W. D. (William Drake)

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.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

As she came back across the lawn to the hau tree, Bella's eyes dwelt upon the moving authenticity of her and of the blood of her, and embraced her and loved her.

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack

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. 

From The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii by London, Jack

Why had he not spoken under the hau tree at Waikiki?

From The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii by London, Jack