Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of tropical American plants, belonging to the natural order Euphorbiaceæ, tribe Crotoneæ, and differing from all other plants of the order in its many-celled ovary.
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Examples
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The music of the hura was the large and small drum and occasionally the flute.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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Polynesian dances, according to William Ellis, was the _hura_, which was danced by the daughters of chiefs in the presence of young men of rank with the hope of gaining a future husband.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man Havelock Ellis 1899
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WILLIAM -- his description of the "_hura ka-raau_" 116 his remarks about the "_hura araapapa_" 71
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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Ellis gives a quotable description of this hula, which he calls the "hura ka raau:"
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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When they started off singing Dixie & hollering hura for the Southern Confederacy, at one time the guards could do nothing with them.
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In the rainy season of the year, these springs form torrents, which descend in cascades, shaded by the hura, the cuspa, and the silver-leaved cecropia or trumpet-tree.
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"Cheryl also took part in a traditional s hura," we learn, "where soldiers sit down with village elders to discuss problems."
The Guardian World News Marina Hyde 2011
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In the rainy season of the year, these springs form torrents, which descend in cascades, shaded by the hura, the cuspa, and the silver-leaved cecropia or trumpet-tree.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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Menurut Cholil, karena ha - gram ditayangkan di televisi lebih banyak bersifat hura-hura.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows epaper 2009
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Dalam film yang banyak dinantikan orang ini, Stone mengungkapkan kembali masa muda pria yang penuh kegiatan hura-hura itu yang datang dari keluarga pengusaha minyak kaya, yang ayahnya,
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