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

She was cutting the many sections or nut-envelopes of the fruit into fluted bell-shapes preparatory to stringing them on the twisted and tough inner bark of the hau tree.

From On the Makaloa Mat by London, Jack

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 London, Jack

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)

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

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

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