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