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poi  (poi)

n.

A Hawaiian food made from the tuber of the taro that is cooked, pounded to a paste, and fermented.

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[Hawaiian.]

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poi¹

n

(Cookery) a Hawaiian dish made of the root of the taro baked, pounded to a paste, and fermented

[from Hawaiian]

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poi²

n

(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) NZ a ball of woven flax swung rhythmically in poi dances

[Maori]

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Noun

1.

poi - Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment dish - a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special dish for dinner" edda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro - tropical starchy tuberous root