canoe plant
n.— «The garden, which offers self-guided tours, is an ethnobotanical wonder of both native and “canoe plants,” brought from other islands by Polynesians.» —“In the Land of the Lotus Eaters” by Patricia Leigh Brown in Maui, Hawaii New York Times Sept. 30, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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