pamakaranete
1. (loan) (noun) pomegranate, Punica granatum - a tree and an orange-sized fruit with a tough golden-orange outer skin containing many seeds in a red pulp.
Synonyms: pamekaranete
pōporo
1. poroporo, Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum - native shrubs to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe. .
Ko tēnei mea ko te hōuto, he hua pōporo, he mea āta kimi ki ngā mea papai, pai o te maoa, o te āhua hoki; ka huihui aua hua pōporo, ka herea ki tētehi pito o te tumu, kia haere atu ai te tūī ki te kai i aua hua (JPS 1895:139). / The hōuto is the poroporo fruit very carefully selected for the best ones, quite ripe and of a perfect shape; that poroporo fruit is gathered and tied to an end of the bird snare to attract the tūī.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: kohoho, tūpurupuru, peoi
2. (noun) breadfruit tree, breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis - a large, evergreen, tropical tree with large, round, starchy fruit originating in the South Pacific and was spread to the rest of Oceania. It has been an important staple crop in the Pacific for more than 3,000 years, but does not grow in the colder climate of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Ka kite i te pōporo whakamarumaru o Uenuku, ka kainga e rāua (M 2004:28). / When they saw Uenuku's shady breadfruit tree, they ate them.
See also pōporohua
tūpurupuru
1. (noun) variety of harakeke from Te Tai Rāwhiti. Known as Tarariki in Taranaki District. Medium to tall in height, slightly bendy. Leaves dull olive green, soft, but strong. Chocolate-coloured margin and keel. 4-8 cm of brownish smudging at the tips of the young blades. Tall, pointed seed pods. Useful for ordinary purposes, kete and whāriki.
2. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum - native shrubs to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
kohoho
1. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare - native shrub to 3m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: tūpurupuru, pōporo, peoi
2. (noun) fruit of the poroporo and other species.
Ka kite rāua i te tūī e kai ana; te kohoho i te kohe (JPS 1941:125). / They saw the tūī feeding on the fruit of the kohe tree.
poroporo
1. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum - native shrubs to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
Ka whakamahia te kawakawa ki te umuroa mō te rūmātiki me ētahi atu mate. Heoi, ka whakawerangia ngā kōhatu, ka ringihia ki te wai, ka utaina ngā rau kawakawa me ngā kete ki runga. Ka noho te tūroro ki runga. Ka taea anō ētahi atu rau rākau, pērā i te koromiko, te mānuka, te kāretu, te kāramuramu, te poroporo (Te Ara 2012). / Kawakawa was used in the umuroa, an oven or vapour bath for those with rheumatism or other complaints. Stones were heated and water was poured over. Kawakawa leaves and flax baskets were put on the stones. The patient sat on top. Other leaves could also be used, including koromiko, mānuka, kāretu, karamū and poroporo.
2. (stative) deep purple, mauve, violet.
peoi
1. (noun) poroporo, Solanum aviculare - native shrub to 3 m tall with dark, soft, lance-shaped or lobed, alternating leaves. Flowers are white to blue-purple and the fruit yellow to orange. Most common along the edges of forest and in scrub. The fruit is poisonous until fully ripe.
See also poroporo
Synonyms: kohoho, tūpurupuru, pōporo
poporokaiwhiri
1. (noun) pigeonwood, Hedycarya arborea - a tree with dark glossy leaves with widely spaced toothed margins. Flowers simple, green, around 1cm wide, arranged in small sprays. Fruit orange, oval, about 1cm long.
See also porokaiwhiri
Synonyms: poroporokaiwhiria, porokaiwhiri, porokaiwhiria, kaiwhiri
kaiwhiri
1. (noun) pigeonwood, Hedycarya arborea - a tree with dark glossy leaves with widely spaced toothed margins. Flowers simple, green, around 1cm wide, arranged in small sprays. Fruit orange, oval, about 1cm long.
See also porokaiwhiri
Synonyms: poroporokaiwhiria, porokaiwhiri, porokaiwhiria, poporokaiwhiri
porokaiwhiria
1. (noun) pigeonwood, Hedycarya arborea - a tree with dark glossy leaves with widely spaced toothed margins. Flowers simple, green, around 1cm wide, arranged in small sprays. Fruit orange, oval, about 1cm long.
See also porokaiwhiri
Synonyms: poroporokaiwhiria, porokaiwhiri, poporokaiwhiri, kaiwhiri
poroporokaiwhiria
1. (noun) pigeonwood, Hedycarya arborea - a tree with dark glossy leaves with widely spaced toothed margins. Flowers simple, green, around 1cm wide, arranged in small sprays. Fruit orange, oval, about 1cm long.
See also porokaiwhiri
porokaiwhiri
1. (noun) pigeonwood, Hedycarya arborea - a tree with dark glossy leaves with widely spaced toothed margins. Flowers simple, green, around 1cm wide, arranged in small sprays. Fruit orange, oval, about 1cm long.
Synonyms: poroporokaiwhiria, porokaiwhiria, poporokaiwhiri, kaiwhiri
2. (noun) ramarama, Lophomyrtus bullata - a native shrub found along the edges of native forest. Has blistered, shiny leaves, white, fluffy flowers and dark red to black fruit on long stalks.
horopito
1. (noun) horopito, pepper tree, Pseudowintera axillaris and Pseudowintera colorata - native shrubs with leaves often having large red blotches. Flowers greenish yellow and fruit orange-red or black.
Mō te taipō pīwa: Me whāngai te tūroro ki te harakeke i taua wā tonu, ā ka whāngai ki te wai o te horopito i konatutia, ā ka pāera i roto i te wai, ka hoatu hei inu e toru inumanga i te rā, i muri tata tonu iho o te mutunga o te mahi a te harakeke (TTT 1/12/1929:1957). / For typhoid fever: The patient should be fed flax juice at that time and feed her with the juice of horopito which has been stirred and boiled in water. Give it as a drink three times a day immediately after the flax juice has taken effect.
karamū
1. (noun) karamū, Coprosma lucida, Coprosma macrocarpa and Coprosma robusta - native shrubs and small trees with pale bark and large leathery glossy leaves. Flowers are greenish white, spindly, in loose clusters and the fruit reddish orange and much sought after by native birds.
Ka utaina ngā peka mākū o te whau me te karamū ki runga i te ahi, ko te koromāhu hei rongoā mō ngā poroiwi kua whati (Te Ara 2012). / Wet branches were thrown on a fire with whau and karamū, to make steam as treatment for broken bones.
See also kāramuramu
Synonyms: karangū, patutiketike, kāramuramu
kāramuramu
1. (noun) karamū, Coprosma lucida, Coprosma macrocarpa and Coprosma robusta - native shrubs and small trees with pale bark and large leathery glossy leaves. Flowers are greenish white, spindly, in loose clusters and the fruit reddish orange and much sought after by native birds.
Ko te rākau a te tohunga he kāramuramu hei ā i te ngarongaro rā ki roto i te tōrino (JPS 1894:169). / The wand used by the tohunga to drive the fly into the tōrino is made of kāramuramu wood.
See also karamū
Synonyms: karangū, patutiketike, karamū
taupata
1. (noun) taupata, Coprosma repens - a large native shrub or low creeper-like plant with very glossy leaves, often rolled under at the edges. Found on cliffs and sand dunes of the North Island and the northern South Island. Fruit bright orange and borne only on female plants from summer to autumn.
tawāpou
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.
