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lauhala

lauhala noun: pandanus tectorius, a tree common in Hawaii, also known as the screwpine.

Noun

lauhala (plural lauhalas)

  1. Pandanus tectorius, a tree common in Hawaii, also known as the screwpine.
    • Now and then a gaudy peacock would run from his shelter in the lauhala trees, but no wild boars came out, so we returned from our raid bloodless and spoilless.1892, Rev. Herbert Henry Gowen, The Paradise of the Pacific, page 129

Forms of lauhala

plurallauhalas

Origin of lauhala

From Hawaiian lauhala, from lau (“leaf”) + hala (“pandanus”).

Words that rhyme with lauhala

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Questions about lauhala

What does lauhala mean?
Lauhala means pandanus tectorius, a tree common in Hawaii, also known as the screwpine.
What part of speech is lauhala?
Lauhala is a noun.
What is the plural of lauhala?
The plural of lauhala is lauhalas.

Words near lauhala in the dictionary

  1. laughworthy
  2. laughy
  3. laughy gas
  4. Laugier
  5. Laugier-Hunziker syndrome
  6. lauhala
  7. lauhalas
  8. Lauje
  9. lauk
  10. Laukant
  11. Laukkai

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