kukui means aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
noun
- Aleurites moluccana, the candlenut tree.“Though I'd often eaten sashimi, poke was then completely new to me—delicious rubies of cubed fish dressed in light sesame oil, garnished with minced bits of reddish-brown seaweed and the ground centers of kukui nuts (see recipe, next page).”