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▪ I. pili|ˈpiːlɪ|
[Hawaiian.]
A Hawaiian name for the perennial grass, Heteropgon contortus, formerly used as a thatching material. Also attrib.
1888W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 508 Common on all islands, the ‘Pili’ of the natives, very troublesome on account of its awns, which get entangled in the wool of sheep. 1915W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii v. 59 Should a chief order a house built, certain men would cut the timbers, others gather the pili grass. 1917Nature 20 Sept. 57/2 The grass used for this purpose [sc. thatching] is usually pili.., an indigenous grass. 1934M. D. Frear Lowell & Abigail ii. 94 It was easy to accept the Hawaiian roof of thatch, using..ti leaf where pili grass was not to be had. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori ii. ii. 119 The Hawaiians used a similar [thatching] technique with pili grass. 1965M. C. Neal In Gardens of Hawaii 80 In Hawaii, pili was preferred to other thatch material because of its pleasant odor, brown color, and neat appearance.
▪ II. pili
pl. of pilus, hair, down. |