poee
poee is the obsolete form of poi.
Meaning of poi
Noun (1)
poi (uncountable)
- The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
- It was a far cry from the traditional Hawaiian feast, which always included the beloved poi, a purplish paste made from pounded taro root […].2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 104
- A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.
Noun (2)
poi (countable and uncountable, plural poi or pois)
- A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string.
- Warriors formerly used poi actions to maintain wrist flexibility, but poi have developed as a women's dance. Classic poi dances and songs are reputed to have been those of the people of the Taranaki, Rotorua, and Whanganui tribal areas, but poi are now performed everywhere in Aotearoa.2008, Ellen Koskoff, “Haka poi”, in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, Routledge, →ISBN, page 738
- A traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball.
Noun
poee (uncountable)
Proper noun capitalized: POEE
POEE
- Initialism of Paratheo-Anametamystikhood of Eris Esoteric.
Forms of poee
| alternative form | poi |
|---|---|
| alternative form | poie |
Questions about poee
- What does poee mean?
- Poee means a Goan wholewheat hollow flatbread.
- What is poee the obsolete form of?
- Poee is the obsolete form of poi.
- What part of speech is poee?
- Poee can be a noun or a proper noun.
Words near poee in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: poee (page history and authors); POEE (page history and authors); poi (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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