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pipili

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. Same as pilipili; tenacious. Lepo pipili, sticky earth. Pipili me nā hoa lapuwale, associating with worthless companions. hoʻo.pipili Same as hoʻopili-pili; to paste, glue, stick. Mea hoʻopipili, paste. (PNP pipili.)

2. n. Drymaria (Drymaria cordata), a slender, weedy herb, with rounded leaves, tiny flowers, and tiny one-seeded dry fruits with sticky stems, which catch on passersby. It is a tropical shade-dwelling plant. (Neal 345.) Also pilipili.

3. Same as ʻihi kūkae hipa, kūkae hipa, a weed.

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