HAU TREE Definition & Meaning

hau tree

[hou tree]

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noun

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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of hau tree¹

First recorded in 1840–45; from Hawaiian hau “hau tree” + tree

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Instant-hit restaurant, Hau Tree, elevates local ingredients in gorgeous dishes like ginger scallion steamed mahi-mahi, proving that Oahu’s restaurants can hold their own against the mainland’s best.

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They made a rope of the hau tree bark.

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The sign of the shallow sea kapu was the placing of branches of the hau tree all along the shore.

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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.

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

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