noun
- Plural of pahoehoe; smooth, ropy lava flows that cool with a relatively uniform surface texture.
Usage: geology; Hawaiian origin
Examples
- The volcanic landscape was dominated by vast fields of pahoehoes that had cooled into rippled patterns.
- Geologists studied the pahoehoes on the Hawaiian islands to understand the region's volcanic history.
- The pahoehoes flowed slowly down the mountainside, creating a smooth, ropy surface.
- Unlike the jagged a'a lava, the pahoehoes were relatively easy to walk across.