houi
1. (noun) lacebark, Hoheria populnea - small white-flowered, graceful trees with fibrous many-layered underbark and alternating leaves which are 5-12 cm long with large sharp teeth.
Ko ō rātou tiakete he mea mahi anō ki te kiri houi, engari ki te titiro atu rite tonu ki te kiwi (TP 8/1901:5). / There jackets were made of bark of the lacebark tree, but they looked just like kiwi feathers.
See also houhere
Synonyms: houhere, houhi, houhi ongaonga
