pikake

pikake
/pee"kah kay'/, n.
a climbing vine, Jasminium sambac, of the olive family, probably of Asian origin, having fragrant white flowers used to flavor jasmine tea and, in Hawaii, to make leis.
[1935-40; < Hawaiian pikake lit., PEACOCK, allegedly a name given to the plant by the Hawaiian princess Ka'iu-lani (1875-99)]

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