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1. vs., Green.

• References:
  • Cf. mamaʻo, maʻomaʻo, ʻōmaʻomaʻo.

2. n., The native cotton (Gossypium sandvicense), a shrub in the hibiscus family, bearing yellow flowers and seed cases containing brown cotton.

• Related:
  • Also: huluhulu.
• References:
  • Neal 566.
  • Cf. pulupulu haole.

3. n., The hoary abutilon (Abutilon incanum 🌐), a small native, velvety shrub, in the hibiscus family, with small heartshaped leaves, small pink and red flowers, and small dry fruits.

• References:
  • Neal 550.

4. n., The hairy abutilon (Abutilon grandifolium 🌐), a weedy, hairy, South American shrub, with large, broad leaves, orange, ʻilima-like flowers, and ten-parted, black, dry fruits. When green and soft, these fruits are used in making ʻilima leis, one for each end of the lei.

• References:
  • Neal 550.

5. Same as ʻōmaʻo, thrush.

• References:
  • PCP mako.

See ʻō, there.

adj., Applied to colors, green; greenish; also blue. See maomao.

adv., There; over there; at that place; yonder; some place not far off; maʻō aku, beyond; maʻō mai, from over there this way.

1. n., A shrub used in dyeing tapa.

2. n., A blossom of that shrub.