amamau
noun
ama·mau
¦ämə¦mau̇
plural -s
: a small Hawaiian tree fern (Sadleria cyatheoides) of the family Cyatheaceae having petioles which yield soft hairs used for the same purposes as pulu
Word History
Etymology
Hawaiian ama'uma'u
First Known Use
1888, in the meaning defined above
- engaging (with)
- engaging in
- engaging in conversation
- engaging with
- engagingly
- engagingness
- engaoled
- engaoling
- engaols
- engarland
- engarlanded
- engarlanding
- engarlands
- engastrimyth
- engastrimythic
- engaud
- Engel's law
- Engelmann ivy
- Engelmann spruce
- Engelmann spruce beetle
- Engelmannia
- engelmanniae
- engelmannias
- Engels
- engelses