Definitions for pili

pili pi·li

Spelling: [pee-lee]
IPA: /piˈli/

Pili is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 18 anagrams from letters in pili (iilp).

Definitions for pili

noun

  1. a Philippine tree, Canarium ovatum, the edible seeds of which taste like a sweet almond.
  2. Also called pili nut. the seed of this tree.
  3. Biology. plural of pilus.
  4. a hair or hairlike structure.

Origin of pili

From Tagalog

Examples for pili

Paoa stood upon the little plot of pili grass as he answered her.

When pili was old and dying he called his children together and appointed them their places and employments.

To commemorate his safe landing he at once planted on the rock the pili grass he had brought with him.

Afterward, he went back to Samoa and returned with pili, whom he made ruler, and from whom the Kamehamehas were descended.

pili grew up to manhood under the care of the gods, and was sometimes told, pointing down to the earth, that that place was his.

pili went to visit Tutuila, tried his hand at fishing, but caught nothing, and was mocked by the Tutuilans.

Tua was so named from the back of a turtle which pili caught at that time, and Ana from the cave in which it was taken.

Chocolate is often adulterated with roasted rice and pili nuts.

The roasted pili nut alone has a very agreeable almond taste.

On Upolu the name of pili has an early place among the doings of mortals and in the division of the lands.

Word Value for pili
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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