"maile" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} maile (uncountable)
  1. A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei. Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Dogbane family plants
    Sense id: en-maile-en-noun-EqZuRkZT Disambiguation of Dogbane family plants: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Variant of mail. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} maile (uncountable)
  1. Obsolete form of mail (“chainmail”). Tags: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable Alternative form of: mail (extra: chainmail)
    Sense id: en-maile-en-noun-khDOLKLO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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