pulu
/ˈpuːluː/noun
A soft brownish silky fibre obtained from several Hawaiian tree ferns, formerly used to stuff mattresses and cushions. Also (more fully pulu fern, pulu tree): any of these tree ferns, especially Cibotium glaucum.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From Hawaiian pulu soft glossy fibre obtained from tree ferns.
- ship of the line
- shipowner
- shippable
- shippen
- shipper
- shipping
- shipping agent
- shipping bill
- shipping forecast
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- shippon
- ship rat
- ship-rigged
- Shiprock
- ship's biscuit
- ship's boat
- ship's company
- ship's corporal
- shipshape
- ship's husband
- ship's husbandry
- ship's papers
- ship-to-shore
- shipway