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pahoehoe

  (pə-hoi'hoi') pronunciation
n.

Lava with a smooth ropy surface.

[Hawaiian pāhoehoe : pā-, pref. + hoehoe, reduplication of hoe, to paddle (probably from the swirls on its surface).]


 
 

A type of lava flow which spreads in sheets, associated with highly fluid, basic lava, such as that ejected from Hawaiian volcanoes. The surface is a glassy layer which has been dragged into ropy folds by the movement of the hot lava below it.

 
Obscure Words: pahoehoe


Hawaiian  /pa HO eh HO eh/ or /pa HOY HOY/  lava with a smooth glassy surface (compare a'a)
 
Cosmic Lexicon: Pahoehoe

Basaltic lava with a smooth, billowy, or ropy surface.


 
 

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