1. n., A native spreading shrub (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia 🌐), closely allied to other species found on some other islands of the Pacific. It has compound leaves, small white roselike flowers, small round white fruits. The wood is tough and formerly was used for digging sticks, fish spears, and the ʻūkēkē (musical bow).
2. n., Digging stick of ʻūlei wood.
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Native Hawaiian evergreen (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia). (NEAL 387.) See Plants: Uses.
Native Hawaiian evergreen shrub (Osteomeles anthyllidifolia), which grows in dry areas up to 1,000 feet. The wood is hard and was once used for fish spears and a native musical instrument, ʻūkēkē. Sometimes flexible branches were bent into hoops for fishnets. (NEAL 387.)
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