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māheuheu

1. (noun) weeds, vegetation.

Ko Te Heuheu Tūkino Tuarua tēnei, tama a Te Heuheu Herea rāua ko Rangiaho. Ko te take o taua ingoa nō ngā otaota a waho o te ana o Te Rangi-pūmamao i Waihora, i te taha hauāuru o Taupō; ko aua otaota he māheuheu (JPS 1956:190). / This Te Heuheu Tukino was the second of that name and was the son of Te Heuheu Herea and Rangiaho. The name, Te Heuheu, was derived from the vegetation outside the cave of Te Rangipumamao at Waihora, on the western shores of Lake Taupō; the vegetation was called 'māheuheu'.

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