Poi
[pɒɪ] or [pɔi]
Definition
(noun.) Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment.
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Definition
(n.) A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
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Examples
- From the standpoint of modern studies it is easy to poi nt out the mistakes of Aristotle even. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Questo poi, no,--said the wild looking savage, who held the torch; you can advance but a short distance, and nobody visits it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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