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kaponga

1. (noun) ponga, silver tree fern, Cyathea dealbata - tall, native tree-fern with prominent, peg-like frond bases on the trunk and having fronds green or yellow-green above and silver-white beneath. The frond stalk is white. Common in dry forest and open scrub.

He rite ngā tauira rauponga o te whakairo nei ki te āhua o ngā rau o te kaponga (PK 2008:757). / The rauponga patterns of this carving are like the shape of the fronds of the silver tree fern.

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Synonyms: ponga

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