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kukuis

kukuis is the plural of kukui.

Meaning of kukui

Noun

kukui (plural kukuis)

  1. (Hawaii) Aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree.
    • Though I'd often eaten sashimi, poke was then completely new to me—delicious rubies of cubed fish dressed in light sesame oil, garnished with minced bits of reddish-brown seaweed and the ground centers of kukui nuts (see recipe, next page).2004 October 17, Garrett Hongo, “Poke”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Questions about kukuis

What is kukuis the plural of?
Kukuis is the plural of kukui.

Words near kukuis in the dictionary

  1. kuku
  2. Kuku Khoto
  3. Kuku Yimidhirr
  4. Kuku-Ya'u
  5. kukui
  6. kukuis
  7. kukujiao
  8. kukujiaos
  9. Kukuk
  10. Kukuks
  11. kukuku

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