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1. n., All species of native fan palms (Pritchardia 🌐).

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2. n., Umbrella, so called because the loulu palm leaf was formerly used as protection from rain or sun.

3. n., Alutera monoceros, a fish, perhaps so called because its greenish-white skin resembled the loulu palm; used in sorcery to cause death because the name contains the word lou, to hook.

4. n., Type of heiau said to be built for prevention of epidemics, famine, destruction; long rituals dedicating a temple including kauila nui, fetching of the ʻōhiʻa logs for images (haku ʻō hiʻa), kuili and hono rituals (Ii 38).

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n., An endemic fern (Coniogramme pilosa) with leaves somewhat like those of the breadfruit tree (ʻulu) but the divisions narrower and deeper.

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1. s., A tree with wide leaves; the fan-leafed palm tree.

2. The fruit of the loulu.

3. An umbrella, especially a Chinese umbrella.

4. A screen from the sun or rain, as the leaf was used for a covering.

5. The name of a species of fish.

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loulu

ʻaʻanostative verb / LO-U-LU / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. adj., Lala loulu, the palm branching tree. 2 Oihl. 3:5.

2. Pointed; sharp, like the points at the ends of palm leaves.

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loulu

ʻaʻanostative verb / lō'-ū'-lu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Pointed; sharp, like the points at the ends of palm leaves.

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1. n., General name of a species of palm (Pritchardia gaudichaudii), Loulu lelo, and Louluhiwa, P. Martii.

2. n., The fruit or kernels of the loulu.

3. n., A species of fern growing at altitudes of 3000 to 5000 feet, found also in the Viti group, Japan, Malaysia, India and tropical Africa.

4. n., A species of fish (Alutera monoceros). Color brown mottled with darker spots.

5. n., Leaf of the loulu palm used as a protection from the rain or sun. Hence, in modern times, an umbrella.

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Street, Mānoa, Honolulu, Oʻahu, named for the native fan palm.

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Fan palm (Pritchardia spp.) with a smooth trunk. In its wild state it grows in secluded places in the forests to 3,000 feet. One species is the loulu lelo, a native of Molokaʻi. Another, the loulu hiwa, grows only on Oʻahu. It is the only genus of palms native to Hawaiʻi. (NEAL 97.) Also called uli, wahale. (A.)

Noulu is a var. of loulu, a palm. See loulu.

palm.

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