English Explanatory Dictionary

awapuhi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.

Word forms

awapuhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawapuhi, from Proto-Polynesian *kava-pui from Proto-Polynesian *kawa; doublet of kava and kawakawa via Tongan and Māori respectively.

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