maile

American  

[mahy-ley, -lee, mah-ee-ley] / ˈmaɪ leɪ, -li, ˈmɑ iˌleɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of maile

Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1905–10

Example Sentences

After the hearing, Berry said the lei was made from the maile plant and shipped from Hawaii for Akaka.

From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2012

Sometimes they would inter-twine the bright hala fruit and the fragrant glossy leaves of the maile, which made a very beautiful lei, especially on an olive skin as a background.

From Six Prize Hawaiian Stories of the Kilohana Art League by Armstrong, W. N.

Ia manawa, kaili mai la ka mea ume i ka maile a kau aku la maluna o Hinaikamalama, a ku mai la.

From The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by Beckwith, Martha Warren

Here coom'th Maister Jan Ridd," said the landlady, being well pleased with the call for beer and cider: "her hath been to Lunnon-town, and live within a maile of me.

From Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

The Castellanes for the most part did weare very bad and rustie shirts of maile, and all of them head peeces and steele cappes, and very bad lances.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard