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"Purau" Definition

noun

Shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament.
Source: Wordnet
More fully "purau tree". In certain Polynesian islands: an evergreen shrub or small tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus (family Malvaceae), occurring widely in littoral regions of the tropics, which has pale yellow flowers turning deep red with age, and an inner bark which yields a useful fibre. Frequently attributive Compare "hau".

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