mapen.
/ˈmɑːpeɪ/, U.S. /ˈmɑpeɪ/ The Tahitian chestnut or ivi, Inocarpus fagiferus.
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1888 W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 109 Here [i.e. among the Caesalpinieae] also must be given a place to the anomalous Inocarpus edulis, Forst., or Tahitian Chestnut, the Ivi or Mapé.
1928 Museum Bull. (Honolulu) 48 46 The mape or Tahitian chestnut (Inocarpus edulis) was formerly called ràtà, as it is named in the old writings, both names signifying ‘kidney’, which the nut resembles in shape.
1952 R. Finlayson Schooner came to Atia 74 Roast mape nuts threaded on slivers of bamboo.
1969 J. H. Vance Deadly Isles (1970) iii. 27 A clump of mape, the Tahitian chestnut.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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