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‖ pikake, n.|ˈpiːkɑke|
[Hawaiian pīkake, lit. ‘peacock’.]
A Hawaiian name for the Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac.
1933L. B. Armstrong Facts & Figures Hawaii 112 Other Hawaiian lei flowers are the Mauna Loa, Pikaki, Crown Flowers, [etc.]. 1939Good Housekeeping Aug. 28/3 Our hosts gave us a charming dinner, the table decorated with yards and yards of the pikake flower. 1948M. C. Neal In Gardens of Hawaii 599 In Hawaii, where they are popular for leis, they were named pikake, meaning ‘peacock’, because Princess Kaiulani was very fond both of this flower and of peacocks. 1966J. Didion Slouching towards Bethlehem (1969) 188, I am going to find it difficult to tell you..what it is in the air that will linger long after I have forgotten the smell of pikake and pineapple. |