"maoli" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: maolis [plural], maoli [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|maoli}} maoli (plural maolis or maoli)
  1. Alternative form of Maoli (native Hawaiian) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Maoli (extra: native Hawaiian) Categories (lifeform): Banana cultivars, Zingiberales order plants
    Sense id: en-maoli-en-noun-f5b6LUMq Disambiguation of Banana cultivars: 52 48 Disambiguation of Zingiberales order plants: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22
  2. A species of very tall, dark green-stemmed banana native to Polynesia, having large bunches of long, round fruits with dark-colored flesh. Categories (lifeform): Banana cultivars
    Sense id: en-maoli-en-noun-0IgRh4fI Disambiguation of Banana cultivars: 52 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1986, Eric Edward Chock, Rodney Morales, Darrell H. Y. Lum, The Best of Bamboo Ridge, the Hawaii Writers' Quarterly, →ISBN, page 51:",
          "text": "Genocide. Flooding the valleys and stripping the limu clean from the rocks Sweeping away the 'opae from the streams the ulu from the land and the maoli from the earth.",
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          "ref": "2000, Cynthia G. Franklin, Ruth Hsu, Suzanne Kosanke, Navigating Islands and Continents, →ISBN:",
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          "ref": "2008, Wennifer Lin, Birth Art and the Art of Birthing, →ISBN:",
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