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Meaning of POI

Pronunciation:  poy

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a paste and often allowed to ferment
 
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 See Also: cocoyam, dasheen, dish, edda, taro, taro root

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Po"i\, n.
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.
 

 

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