Wahabite (wahabit)

[ wahahe (wa-hä'hā), n. [Maori.] A tree, Di soxylum ( Hartighsea ) spectabile, found in New Zealand. It has a height of 40 or 50 feet, and bears pan i. cles of pale-colored flowers from 8 to 12 inches long, pendulous from the trunk and main branches. Its leaves are said to be used by the natives like hops, and an infusion of them as a stomachic. Also kohe. Waha Lake trout. See trout1. wahoo (wa-hö'), n. [Amer. Ind.] 1. A North American shrub, the burning-bush, Euonymus a trop urp ure us, ornamental in autumn for its pendulous capsules, revealing in dehiscence the Upon your seas, he claym'd as proper tie. Spenser, F. Q., IV. xii. 31.