aalii

English

aalii (Dodonaea viscosa)

Etymology

From Hawaiian ʻaʻaliʻi (“name of any of the hardwood shrubs of the genus Dodonaea”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈliːiː/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɑˈliˌi/

Noun

aalii (plural aaliis)

A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.[1][2]

Synonyms

akeake (New Zealand)

Translations

Dodonaea viscosa

Chamorro: lampuaye
Hawaiian: ʻaʻaliʻi, ʻaʻaliʻi-ku ma kua, ʻaʻaliʻi ku makani
Maori: akeake
Palauan: mesechelangel
Somali: xayramad
Spanish: chirca f
Tamil: விராலி (ta) (virāli)

References

Dodonaea viscosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Urdang, Laurence, (1984)
Morris, William, (1971)

William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “aalii”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 1.
Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 1

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