pāpara
1. (loan) (noun) poplar, any tree of the genus Populus with a rapidly growing trunk.
Kātahi ka tīkina e Hākopa ētahi rākau māna, he pāpara mata, he aramona, he pereni; ā tīhorea ana e ia ētahi tīhorenga mā i aua mea, ā ka meinga kia āta kitea te wāhi mā o ngā rākau (PT Kenehi 30:37). / Now Jacob took for himself rods of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in them, and exposed the white which was in the rods.
