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lauloa

/ lau.loa / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. n., A variety of taro, said to be the original taro brought to Hawaiʻi.

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    • Sometimes poetically called hāloa, long stalk, because a god of that name was said to have been in the form of this taro.
    • This name may be qualified by the terms hāʻeleʻele or ʻeleʻele; ʻeleʻele ʻomaʻo, ʻeleʻele ʻula or palakea ʻeleʻele; hāʻula, koko, ʻulaʻula, or palakea ʻula; uliuli or hāuliuli; keʻokeʻo; manini; ʻōniʻoniʻo; palakea or palakea papamū; pānaʻe; poni (HP 33, TC 3).
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2. n., A variety of sugar cane.

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    • When young, yellow-green, striped with light yellow-brown; with exposure, a deep olive, striped with dark brown-red; broad, long, green leaves; large stalks.
  • References:
    • HP 222, 225.

3. n., Long wave or surf, as extending from one end of the beach to the other. Also kākala.

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lauloa

/ LAU-LO-A / Andrews Haw to Eng,

s., Lau and loa. LIT. Long leaf. Name of a species of kalo.

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lauloa

/ lă'u-lō'-a / Parker Haw to Eng,

n., [Lau, leaf, and loa, long.] A variety of taro, also called lauloa-kane and lauloa-wahine, distinguished by the shape and color of the leaves.

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