aalii


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aalii

(ɑːˈliːiː)
n
(Plants) a bushy sapindaceous shrub, Dodonaea viscosa, of Australia, Hawaii, Africa, and tropical America, having small greenish flowers and sticky foliage
[Hawaiian]
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Noun1.aalii - a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark woodaalii - a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood
Dodonaea, genus Dodonaea - a genus of tropical shrub or tree
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
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They consistently qualified them as unknown, as seen in the following examples: 'Not like the crooked tree naio', 'Not like the kukui, the knotty barked kukui tree', 'Not like to the tree aalii', 'Not like the tree wiliwili', and 'Not like the mamaki/The long barked shrub of the forest'.
Be sure to pick up information at the various visitor centers that list things to do, including touring the Mauga O Aalii residency of the governor and first lady and visiting the islands' national parks.