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Webster 1913 Edition


Pulu

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Pu′lu

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Noun.
A vegetable substance consisting of soft, elastic, yellowish brown chaff, gathered in the Hawaiian Islands from the young fronds of free ferns of the genus
Cibotium
, chiefly
Cibotium Menziesii
; – used for stuffing mattresses, cushions, etc., and as an absorbent.