lauhala

Hawaiian lauhala, from lau (“leaf”) + hala (“pandanus”).

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

lauhala (plural lauhalas)

1. Pandanus tectorius, a tree common in Hawaii, also known as the screwpine.
   • 1892, Rev. Herbert Henry Gowen, The Paradise of the Pacific, page 129:

     Now and then a gaudy peacock would run from his shelter in the lauhala trees, but no wild boars came out, so we returned from our raid bloodless and spoilless.