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purow

purow is the obsolete form of purau.

Meaning of purau

Noun

purau (plural puraus)

  1. A Polynesian shrub or small tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus, having yellow flowers and a fibrous bark.
    • The trees that came within our knowledge were the manchineal and a species of purow […].1790, William Bligh, A Narrative of the Mutiny

Questions about purow

What is purow the obsolete form of?
Purow is the obsolete form of purau.

Words near purow in the dictionary

  1. puros
  2. purothionin
  3. purothionins
  4. purotoxin
  5. purotoxins
  6. purow
  7. purp
  8. purp.
  9. purpart
  10. purparties
  11. purparts

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