ohelo
UK/ə(ʊ)ˈheɪləʊ/
ohelo noun: a small red or yellow berry growing on the shrub Vaccinium reticulatum of volcanic parts of the Hawaiian islands of Hawaii and Maui, or the shrub itself.
Noun
ohelo (plural ohelos)
- A small red or yellow berry growing on the shrub Vaccinium reticulatum of volcanic parts of the Hawaiian islands of Hawaii and Maui, or the shrub itself.
- Ohelo Vaccinium reticulatum (and V. peleanum) and kukaenene Coprosma ernodeoides […] are the most important berries in the Nenes' diet, and it is probably from such juicy fruit that much of their water intake comes.1980, Janet Kear, A. J. Berger, “The Hawaiian Goose or Nene”, in The Hawaiian Goose: An Experiment in Conservation, Calton, Staffordshire: T. & A. D. Poyser, →ISBN; reprinted London: T. & A. D....
- Growing on nearly bare lava flows, the flora includes small relatives of the familiar cranberry: the ohelo carries a bright red, succulent berry that was once a staple item in the diet of the nene, the Hawaiian goose.2004, Richard [Alan] Fortey, The Earth: An Intimate History, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN; republished London: Folio Society, 2011, →OCLC, page 37
Forms of ohelo
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Origin of ohelo
Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻōhelo.
Questions about ohelo
- What does ohelo mean?
- Ohelo means a small red or yellow berry growing on the shrub Vaccinium reticulatum of volcanic parts of the Hawaiian islands of Hawaii and Maui, or the shrub itself.
- What part of speech is ohelo?
- Ohelo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ohelo?
- Ohelo is pronounced /ə(ʊ)ˈheɪləʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ohelo?
- The plural of ohelo is ohelos.
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