iliahin.
/iːlɪˈɑːhi/ One of several trees of the genus Santalum, esp. S. freycinetianum, which grow in Hawaii and yield an aromatic wood.
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1825 W. Ellis Jrnl. Tour Hawaii 247 Iliahi, sandalwood.
1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 389 Santalum... The following species are weakly defined, and all furnish an equally fragrant wood..while the name of the tree is ‘Iliahi’.
1915 W. A. Bryan Nat. Hist. Hawaii xv. 219 The iliahi furnished the first article of export which attracted commerce to the islands.
1970 S. Carlquist Hawaii xiv. 269 Typical of this low stature is the coastal iliahi, or sandalwood (Santalum ellipticum var. littorale), which is a low, rounded shrub with succulent leaves, gray-green in color. Inland sandalwoods are all trees.
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