ʻŌlena w/Petroglyph Canoe Band Vessel, by Heather Mettler
ʻō.lena
1. n. The turmeric (Curcuma domestica, also incorrectly called C. longa), a kind of ginger distributed from India into Polynesia, widely used as a spice and dye in foods, to color cloth and tapa, and medicinally for earache and lung trouble. A cluster of large leaves rises from thick, yellow underground stems, which are the useful part of the plant, either raw or cooked. (wehewehe.org)
