maile

[ mahy-ley, -lee, mah-ee-ley ]

/ ˈmaɪ leɪ, -li, ˈmɑ iˌleɪ /

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noun

a vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, of Hawaii, having small yellowish flowers and fragrant foliage: a traditional lei plant of Hawaii.

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Origin of maile

Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1905–10

Update: Maile Molin appeared at Women in the World Texas in San Antonio on October 22, 2014.
She Gives the Gift of Language|Bobby Blanchard|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At this point in my life, the person I turn to for nuts and bolts help is Maile Malloy.
Ann Patchett: How I Write|Noah Charney|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the arch of each window hung a wreath of maile, a pretty green vine.
Scenes in the Hawaiian Islands and California|Mary Evarts Anderson
In the first of Samuel you shall read of Goliah a Philistine, the weight of whose brigandine or shirt of maile was of 5000.
Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine|Raphaell Holinshed

She was very jealous of Maile, who would often go surf-riding with him.
Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology)|W. D. (William Drake) Westervelt
Maile-lau-lii (Small-leafed-maile), a young woman, who becomes the wife of Maka-ku.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson
Maile-Pakaha, the younger sister of Maile-lau-lii, who becomes the wife of Puapua-kea.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson