Definitions for kukui

kukui ku·ku·i

Spelling: [koo-koo-ee]
IPA: /kuˈku i/

Kukui is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 9 anagrams from letters in kukui (ikkuu).

Definitions for kukui

noun

  1. the candlenut tree, Aleurites moluccana, of the spurge family, having grayish leaves and clusters of small white flowers: the state tree of Hawaii.

Origin of kukui

Borrowed into English from Hawaiian around 1815-25

Examples for kukui

She came to the kukui grove and looked all around, seeing nothing, but passing further along she saw a mist rising.

It stands in about an acre of ground, ornamented with flowers, shrubs, and an avenue of kukui and koa-trees.

For lights they used the oily nuts of the kukui or candle-nut tree.

The kukui tree is easily recognizable from afar off by the pale hue of its foliage, which appears to be dusted over with flour.

kukui (ku-k-i)--a tree (Aleurites moluccana) from the nuts of which were made torches; a torch.

Fine varieties were even made of the kukui (Aleurites moluccana).

One of the conspicuous trees of the Hawaiian forests is the kukui or candle-nut.

Only two thousand pounds of kukui nuts were exported in 1872.

They grow on a beautiful tree called "kukui," or candle-nut tree.

The Hawaiians sometimes made use of the clear gum of the kukui tree to aid in fixing the drumhead in place.

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