Niu in Bloom Vessel by Heather Mettler
niu
1. n. The coconut (Cocos nucifera), a common palm in tropical islands of the Pacific and warm parts of eastern Asia; coconut meat or oil. Hawaiians used all parts of the tree. (Neal 119–2l.) Coconut water and coconut cream (the white liquid squeezed front ripegrated coconuts) were both called wai niu and wai o ka niu. (wehewehe.org)
