aalii

aalii

English

aalii (Dodonaea viscosa)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

aalii (plural aaliis)

1. 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

Hawaiian: ʻaʻaliʻi

Spanish: chirca f

References

1. Urdang, Laurence, (1984)
2. Morris, William, (1971)

• “aalii” in William Morris, editor, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1971 [1969], OCLC 299754516, page 1.
• Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 1