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akakiore

1. (noun) New Zealand jasmine, native jasmine, Parsonsia heterophylla, small New Zealand jasmine, Parsonsia capsularis - native climbing vines which often twine around themselves. Have longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

Engari te akakiore, kāore he niho o tērā (W 1971:221). / But the New Zealand jasmine, that has no thorns.

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Synonyms: tautaua, kaihua, akakaikiore, tawhiwhi, poapoa tautaua, tūtae kererū, kaikū, kaiwhiria, tōtorowene, tōtoroene

akakaikiore

1. (noun) New Zealand jasmine, native jasmine, Parsonsia heterophylla, small New Zealand jasmine, Parsonsia capsularis - native climbing vines which often twine around themselves. Have longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

kaiwhiria

1. (noun) small New Zealand jasmine, Parsonsia capsularis - native climbing vine which often twines around itself. Has longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

poapoa tautaua

1. (noun) New Zealand jasmine, native jasmine, Parsonsia heterophylla - native climbing vine which often twines around itself. Has longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

tūtae kererū

1. (noun) New Zealand jasmine, native jasmine, Parsonsia heterophylla - native climbing vine which often twines around itself. Has longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

tōtorowene

1. (noun) small New Zealand jasmine, Parsonsia capsularis - native climbing vine which often twines around itself. Has longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

tōtoroene

1. (noun) small New Zealand jasmine, Parsonsia capsularis - native climbing vine which often twines around itself. Has longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

kaikū

1. (noun) small New Zealand jasmine, Parsonsia capsularis - native climbing vine which often twines around itself. Has longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.

kaihua

1. (noun) New Zealand jasmine, native jasmine, Parsonsia heterophylla - a native climbing vine with longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers which often twines around itself.

tautaua

1. (noun) New Zealand jasmine, native jasmine, Parsonsia heterophylla - a native climbing vine with longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers which often twines around itself.

See also akakiore

tawhiwhi

1. (noun) New Zealand jasmine, native jasmine, Parsonsia heterophylla - native climbing vine which often twines around itself. Has longish leaves and white, sweet-scented, tubular flowers.


2. (noun) kōhūhū, Pittosporum tenuifolium - a small native black-barked tree of lowland forest and scrub, having light green leaves with a wavy margin. Commonly cultivated for hedges.

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