poi
(noun) Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
poi (uncountable)
(Hawaii) The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. [from 18th c.]
A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.
poi (plural poi or pois)
(New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. [from 19th c.]
• IOP, IPO, OPI, PIO, Pio
POI (plural POIs)
Initialism of point of interest.
Initialism of person of interest.
(ballistics) Initialism of point of impact.
• IOP, IPO, OPI, PIO, Pio
Source: Wiktionary
Po"i, n.
Definition: A national food of the Hawaiians, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 July 2025
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
