HAU TREE


Meaning of HAU TREE in English

/how/

a clambering tree, Hibiscus tileaceus, of tropical shores, having leathery, ovate leaves and yellow flowers that turn dark red as they fade, and yielding a fiber used as cordage. Also called mahoe, sea hibiscus .

[ 1910-15; hau hau tree ]

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