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tiere

1. (loan) (noun) cherry.

Ka nui noa te tupu o te pītiti mā tātou, o te tiere, o ērā atu hua pai hoki, ka tata nei te ngaro rawa ināianei i te tūpuhi, i te hanga ngarara pakupaku hoki, te kai (TWMNT 11/8/1874:198). / We should grow peaches, cherries, and other tasty fruits, which storms and the small insects have almost annihilated.

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tiere

1. (loan) (noun) jelly.

See also tieri

Synonyms: tieri, here

tīere

1. (noun) scent.

Tuwhera kau anō te whatitoka, tēnā rawa te tīere te haere nā, arā te kakara o te tāwhiri (NM 1928:164). / When the door was opened then the scent wafted about, that is the smell of the kōhūhū tree.

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Synonyms: kakara, whakakakara, wai kakara, piro, tīare

tīere

1. (noun) air freshner.

waekura

1. (noun) umbrella fern, Sticherus cunninghamii - creeping native ground fern with drooping, umbrella-like fronds, whitish below, rising up to three tiers, each forking three to four times in star-like patterns. Common in dry, open forest and roadside banks.

See also tapuwae kōtuku

tapuwae kōtuku

1. (noun) umbrella fern, Sticherus cunninghamii - creeping native ground fern with drooping, umbrella-like fronds, whitish below, rising up to three tiers, each forking three to four times in star-like patterns. Common in dry, open forest and roadside banks.

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