Popolo
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Popolo is a noun meaning (Hawaii) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
Meaning
(Hawaii) black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).
More Meanings
- (Hawaii, slang, countable, sometimes pejorative) A black person.
Example Sentences
He turned and went back at the call of the messenger, taking some popolo fruit and leaves in his cloak.
Well, I'm a Hawaiian, but my father was a black-assed popolo—a Portuguese from Bravas, Cabo Verde Islands, who changed his name.
This mite was collected at the Maui Community College agricultural field (Kahului) on popolo berry on 19 July 1995 by C. McGrath.
I think that most people in Hawaii agree with my mother-in-law's view of Barry as a good Hawaiian boy; a popolo Hawaiian boy, but a Hawaiian boy nonetheless.
Word Forms
- popolos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include people, sunberry, nightshade, felonwort, mokihana, poroporo.
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