burao
English
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Noun
burao (plural buraos)
- A tropical flowering tree, cottonwood hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum, syn. Hibiscus tiliaceus), found in the South Pacific.
- 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson, In the South Seas:
- Overhead was a thatch of buraos, and over these again palms brandished their bright fans, as I have seen a conjurer make himself a halo out of naked swords.
- 1978, Patrick O'Reilly, Painters in Tahiti, →ISBN, page 26:
- Tiares, hibiscuses, frangipani and flowered buraos smile to those who return and are not the least bit surprised by their faithfulness.
- 2002, Brian J. Bresnihan & Keith Woodward, Tufala Gavman, →ISBN, page 331:
- There was a particular tree, the burao, used for fencing and the construction of indigenous huts, which had the ability to recover whatever the treatment it received.