hau tree

American  

[hau 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

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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 W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt

The doctor laughed at it heartily, as a joke on himself, and glanced at the musicians under the hau tree.

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

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 Jack London

She remembered listening as he sang them over and over under the hau tree at Waikiki. 

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

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 Martha Warren Beckwith

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