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s. A species of tree; same as waimea; olomea i paio aina e mai la; used in producing fire by friction.

s. The name of a striped hog; ina i onionio ka hulu o ka puaa ma ka loa, he olomea ia puaa.

A small tree 8 to 16 feet high (Perrottetia sandwicensis), common in the lower and middle woods of all the Hawaiian islands; also called waimea.

1. A fabled hog that is said to have made the olomea.

2. A striped hog: ina i onionio ka hulu o ka puaa ma ka loa, he olomea ia puaa.

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Kapa of wauke dyed with ʻōhiʻa bark, hōlei, and coconut water.

Native tree (Perrottetia sandvicensis). It supplies a hard wood used with the soft wood, hau, to produce friction and fire.

Native shrub or tree (Perrottetia sandwicensis). (NEAL 530.) A plant form of the pig-god Kama-puaʻa. Also called waimea.

Native shrub or small tree (Perrottetia sandwicensis). The wood is hard and was formerly used with the hau wood to produce fire by friction. It is one of the plant forms of the pig god, Kama-puaʻa. Also called wai-mea. (NEAL 530.)

Shrub or tree (Perrottetia sandwicensis). Its hard wood was once used with soft hau to make fire through friction by the plough method. (NEAL 530.)