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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In Hawaii, a small tree, Dodonæa riscosa, 12 to 25 feet high. It is one of the commonest trees of that region and is found on all the islands. It also occurs in tropical America, New Zealand, and Australia, and on probably all of the volcanic island groups of Polynesia. It is valued for its hard-grained, dark wood. Called apiri in Tahiti.

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  1. n. a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood

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  1. From Hawaiian ʻaʻaliʻi ("name of any of the Dodonaea hardwood shrubs") (Wiktionary)

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