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Definition of Aalii
1. Noun. A small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood.
Definition of Aalii
1. Noun. A bushy small tree, ''Dodonaea viscosa'', native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aalii
1. a tropical tree [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aalii
Literary usage of Aalii
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1893)
"... Like to a man who always drinks awa, So the roughness of that kukui of Lihue,
465 Not like to Eu. Not like to the tree aalii, The sweet smelling tree ..."