1. (noun) rectangle, oblong.

1. (noun) oblong venus shell, Ruditapes largillierti - bivalve mollusc living in sandy mud near low tide. Solid shell, yellowish-white inside and out.

1. (noun) kauri, Agathis australis - largest forest tree but found only in the northern North Island, it has a large trunk and small, oblong, leathery leaves, kauri resin, soot from burnt kauri gum used for tattooing.

1. (noun) mairehau, Leionema nudum - an attractive shrub with small, aromatic, narrow-oblong leaves which are usually brownish green. Bark reddish and flowers are white and starry-shaped. Found in hilly northern North Island forests.

1. (noun) swamp maire, Syzygium maire - a tree of swampy forests with a smooth-barked trunk, red berries and elliptic-oblong leaves tapering at each end and in pairs.

1. (noun) broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis - short-trunked tree with dark green, oval-oblong leaves never shiny below and slightly unequal at the base. Found throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands.

1. (noun) marsh cress, Rorippa palustris - a creeping, hairy herb up to 30 cm tall, with weak squarish stems. The flowers are small, yellow and four-petalled. These are followed by swollen oblong seed pods. Fairly common throughout the North and South Islands on riverbanks and damp ground.

1. (noun) common maidenhair, Adiantum cunninghamii - creeping native ground fern. Fronds on long, wiry, shiny, dark brown stalks. Leaflets almost oblong, dark green above, blue-green below. Common in coastal lowland forest, on cliffs, banks and among mossy boulders.

1. (noun) tanguru chafer, Stethaspis suturalis - a beetle with a yellow stripe on its back. Common in native forest and pine plantations in summer. Flys with a buzzing sound soon after dark. Its larva stage is a large white grub, called papahu, that feeds on tree roots.

1. (noun) tawāpou, Planchonella costata - a branched tree reaching 15 m high found on islands and headlands from North Cape to Tolaga Bay in the east and to the Manukau Harbour in the west. Branches are clothed with hairs and the oval-oblong leaves are thick, leathery and shiny with a distinct midvein and lateral veins. Branches exude a milky fluid if cut. Large, tough, leathery leaves are glossy with obvious veins. Flowers are usually solitary and fruit is orange to purple-black containing 1-4 hard, curved, polished seeds.

1. (noun) toro, Myrsine salicina - a slender, upright, open-branched tree growing to 10 m. Has thick, furrowed bark and long, shiny, leathery leaves. Petals are cream to pale pink. Fruit is red and oblong, usually containing only one seed. Found from North Cape to about Greymouth in lowland to montane forest.

1. (noun) shore spurge, Euphorbia glauca - a native groundcover plant with milky sap. Generally forms clumps but has a creeping rhizome from which red stems bear narrow oblong blue-green leaves.

1. (noun) shore spurge, Euphorbia glauca - a native groundcover plant with milky sap. Generally forms clumps but has a creeping rhizome from which red stems bear narrow oblong blue-green leaves.

1. (adjective) stormy, hot.

1. (noun) broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis - short-trunked tree with dark green, oval-oblong leaves never shiny below and slightly unequal at the base. Found throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands.

1. (noun) broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis - short-trunked tree with dark green, oval-oblong leaves never shiny below and slightly unequal at the base. Found throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands.

1. (noun) broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis - short-trunked tree with dark green, oval-oblong leaves never shiny below and slightly unequal at the base. Found throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands.

1. (noun) soft mingimingi, tall mingimingi, Leucopogon fasciculatus - an open-branched, spreading small tree up to 5–6 m tall. Grows in coastal to lower montane shrubland, light forest and in rocky places up to 1150 metres from the Three Kings Islands to Canterbury. Trunk has flaky bark that peels off in thin strips. Leaves are thin and narrow with a sharp point (1–2.5 cm long by 2–4 mm wide) and are arranged in bundles or whorls on slender black stems. Small creamy greenish flowers in drooping racemes of 6 to 12 flowers in spring. They have a sweet fragrance. The small mostly red oblong berries (2-4mm long) occur in autumn.

1. (noun) mairehau, Leionema nudum - an attractive shrub with small, aromatic, narrow-oblong leaves which are usually brownish green. Bark reddish and flowers are white and starry-shaped. Found in hilly northern North Island forests.

1. (noun) soft mingimingi, tall mingimingi, Leucopogon fasciculatus - an open-branched, spreading small tree up to 5–6 m tall. Grows in coastal to lower montane shrubland, light forest and in rocky places up to 1150 metres from the Three Kings Islands to Canterbury. Trunk has flaky bark that peels off in thin strips. Leaves are thin and narrow with a sharp point (1–2.5 cm long by 2–4 mm wide) and are arranged in bundles or whorls on slender black stems. Small creamy greenish flowers in drooping racemes of 6 to 12 flowers in spring. They have a sweet fragrance. The small mostly red oblong berries (2-4mm long) occur in autumn.