Polynesian: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia

beautiful spreading fern of eastern North America and eastern Asia naturalized in western Europe; pinnately divided fronds show a slig…

The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, fro…

The religion based upon the doctrine originally taught by the Hindoo sage Gautama Siddartha, surnamed Buddha, "the awakened or enlight…

A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with wh…

A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South Amer…

Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lyin…

tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia

herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glo…

giant epiphytic or lithophytic fern; Asia to Polynesia and Australia

Relating to the Eastern Islands; East Indian.

lizards of the New World and Madagascar and some Pacific islands; typically having a long tail and bright throat patch in males

Of or pertaining to islands; full of islands.

A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians,…

Of or pertaining to the Kurile Islands, a chain of islands in the Pacific ocean, extending from the southern extremity of Kamschatka t…

A large, pearly, spiral, marine shell (Turbo margaritaceus), from the Pacific Islands. It is used as an ornament.