# laupele

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A flowering plant in the mallow family, commonly grown for its edible leaves, Abelmoschus manihot.

## Etymology
From Samoan laupele from lau (“leaf”) + pele (from Proto-Oceanic *bele (“a kind of shrub”)- compare Fijian bele (“Abelmoschus manihot”)).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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