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taekai

1. (noun) low stunted scrub, stunted vegetation, shrub.

E kapi katoa ana te nuinga o te whenua i te tākaka me te taekai (TTR 1996:280). / Most of the land was covered in bracken fern and scrub.

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Synonyms: tāwhao, mōheuheu, muku, tahuere, ururua, kōmuku, taitai, heu, heuheu, hūkui, hururua, mauwha

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