aalii
English edit
Etymology edit
From Hawaiian ʻaʻaliʻi (“name of any of the hardwood shrubs of the genus Dodonaea”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑːˈliːiː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑˈliˌi/
Noun edit
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 edit
- akeake (New Zealand)
Translations edit
Dodonaea viscosa
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References edit
- Dodonaea viscosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- 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