Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tree of the Sandwich Islands, Melicope (Pelea) anisata, all parts of which, especially the capsules, emit when bruised a strong, spicy, anisate odor. The wood is used in making ornaments.
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Examples
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But spite of all these faults and imperfections, a perennial fragrance, as of mokihana, clings to her person, and she is the object of devoted love, capable of weaving the spell of fascination about her victims.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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Make me think I'm crazy when I know I'm not … mokihana: Funny about memory, looking through the water everythings ki ...
ElsaElsa.com 2008
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