- fern
- Kupukupu ('ōkupukupu, general name for ferns. growing on a single stem, also a specific kind).According to Neal 6, 16 families, 40 genera, and 200 species grow in Hawai'i, native and introduced.Young fern leaves and rolled up fronds, pepe'e.Young 'ama'u fronds, palaho'a.Paste made of sap from fronds, palaholo.Poetic name for ferns, pua'a'ehu'ehu.Commom Kinds Include (alternate names are in parentheses): bird's-nest fern, 'ēkaha ('ākaha, see 'ēkaha and entries that follow it); bracken, kīlau (kīlau pueo, pai'ā); lace fern, pala'ā (palapala'ā, pā'ū-o-Pala'e); maidenhair ferns, 'iwa'iwa (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); staghorn fern (false), uluhe, unuhe; sword ferns, hi'ui'a, kupukupu (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it), ni'ani'au; tree ferns, 'ama'u ('āma'uma'u, ma'u, ma'uma'u), hāpu'u (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it); some edible ferns, hō'i'o (pohole), hō'i'o kula, kikawaiō (pakikawaiō); a common fragrant fern, laua'e, laua'e haole.Additional Fern Names (alternate names are in parentheses): 'āhina kuahiwi (kā'ape'ape), 'ākōlea, ala'alai, 'anali'i, 'apu'u, haili-o-Pua, hihiawai, hohiu, 'i'i, 'i'o nui, 'iwa ('alae), kalamoho, kalukalu, ka'upu (papa'oi), kihe, kūau, kumuniu, lau'i'i, laukūkahi, lola, lo'ulu, mahinalua, makou, māku'e, mana (olua), mānā ('ae, 'āhewa, 'iwa puakea), manawahua, neke, 'ōali, 'ōhi'akū, 'opeha, pai (hunapalai, palaihuna), pai'i'ihā, pākahakaha ('ēkaha 'ākōlea, pua'akuhinia), pala (and below), palai (palapalai), palai 'ula (la'a), pāmoho, pauoa, pe'ahi, pololei, puapuamoa, pūnanamanu, wahine-noho-mauna, waimakanui.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.