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popolo.

black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).

6 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum).

    Hawaii · countable · uncountable
  2. A black person.

    Hawaii · countable · pejorative · slang · sometimes
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Hawaiian pōpolo from Proto-Polynesian *polo; cognate with Māori poroporo and pōporo (Solanum aviculare), Tongan polo (“Solanum nigrum”) and Tuvaluan 'opolo (“capsicum”). Skin color meaning comes from analogy to the color of its berries.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.