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ohelo

ohelo

1 9.9
A low bush from Hawaii that grows small red or yellow berries you can eat
  • noun
  • /oʊˈheɪloʊ/
  • Specialized
: ohelo
  • Daughter one answers for her father: "They’re where the ohelo berries are ripe."
  • ohelo berries

Examples

  • The locals love to make jam from the sweet ohelo berries that grow abundantly on the mountainside.

  • Ahead are low shrubs of 'ohelo with bright red berries, each hanging on its own stem like a miniature cherry.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • "That's where we're going, where the ohelo are ripe," daughter two adds.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Then he takes a few steps, jumps to an ohelo bush, reaches out, plucks a ripe berry red to bursting, bites down, and tosses it back into his gullet.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • As we hiked, we spotted several ohelo bushes filled with bright red berries ready for picking.

  • On our trek, we snacked on fresh ohelo berries that tasted deliciously sweet and tangy.

Synonyms

ground-berry
vsohelo
8.5

A small plant that grows close to the ground with red edible berries and scented leaves

is native to Hawaii and includes yellow as well as red berries or the fruit

Surface Forms

ohelo singular
ohelos plural

Etymology

Ohelo comes from Hawaiian and names a low-growing native shrub and its small edible berries. A helpful way to remember it is to think of ohelo as the Hawaiian 'berry', which explains why the word refers to both the plant and its fruit.