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tarawai

1. (noun) juice, sap (of a plant or tree), puss.

Ka rakurakuhia, ka puta te tarawai, ka toto, ka pirau (TTT 1/8/1927:641). / When they're scratched the puss appears and they bleed and become infected.

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Synonyms: wairanu, wairaraua, pia, tahe

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