Pahoehoe

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pahoehoe \Pa*ho"e*ho`e\, n. (Min.)
     A name given in Hawaii (formerly the Sandwich Islands) to
     lava having a relatively smooth or billowing surface, in
     distinction from the rough-surfaced lava, called {aa}.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pahoehoe
       n : freely flowing lava