Meaning of purau | Babel Free

Definitions

A Polynesian shrub or small tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus, having yellow flowers and a fibrous bark.

Examples

“The trees that came within our knowledge were the manchineal and a species of purow […].”

“In the whole length of the single shoreside street, with […] its grateful shade of palms and green jungle of puraos, no moving figure could be seen.”

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