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1. Reduplication of pohā, to burst, pop.

• Related:
  • hoʻopohāpohā Reduplication of hoʻopohā.
    • Hoʻopohāpohā nō ia i ka hohonu, mehe ipu hao lā (Ioba 41.31), he makes the deep to boil like a pot.
• Cf. kūlina pohāpohā.
• Cf. Marquesan pohapoha.

2. n., A kind of passion flower, called running pop (Passiflora foetida 🌐), a tropical American weedy vine, the hairy leaves commonly three-lobed; the fruit, enclosed in lacy bracts, is round, red or yellow, popping when crushed.

• References:
  • Neal 599.

3. n., A non-edible, green seaweed (Dictyosphaeria cavernosa), small, round, hollow, that bursts with a pop when stepped on.

• Related:
  • Also: līpohāpohā pohā.

Green seaweed (Dictyosphaeria cavernosa), small, round, and hollow that bursts with a pop when stepped on.