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PI-LI-KAI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A kind of medicine consisting of some kind of seeds, one handful, beaten up and sifted and taken as a purgative.

2. The name of a shrub, the seeds of which are used for medicinal purposes, especially to children as a cathartic.

3. A kind of berry growing near the sea shore.

Pilikai (pī'-lĭ-kă'i), n.

/ pī'-lĭ-kă'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A plant creeper (Argyreia tiliaefolia), found only along rocky shores.

2. The berry of the pilikai which is used as medicine.

pilikai

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Shore.

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