hapuʻu

See also: hapu'u

English

Noun

hapuʻu (plural hapuʻu)

1. Alternative form of hapu'u
   • 1997, James D. Houston, In the Ring of Fire: A Pacific Basin Journey, San Francisco, Calif.: Mercury House, →ISBN, page 121:

     Over the small ferns, the high and pale-green hapuʻu arch twenty-five and thirty feet.

   • 1999, “Affected Environment, Environmental Consequences, and Mitigation Measures”, in Saddle Road (State Route 200), Mamalahoa Highway (State Route 190) to Milepost 6, County of Hawaiʻi, State of Hawaiʻi, FHWA Project No. A-AD-6(1): Final Environmental Impact Statement, U.S. Department of Transportation and Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, page 3-119:

     The understory includes hapuʻu and various native small trees, shrubs and ferns.

   • 2020, Michelle Clark, Mari K Reeves, Fred Amidon, Stephen E Miller, “Hawaiian Islands Wet Forest”, in Michael I. Goldstein, Dominick A. DellaSala, editors, Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes, volume 3, Elsevier, page 329:

     On the island of Hawaiʻi a layer composed almost entirely of hapuʻu is present, this occurs on other islands as well but to a lesser extent.