1. (noun) koromiko, Hebe elliptica - a native shrub with small, thick, folded leaves in four neat rows, white flowers. Forms a large part of shoreline scrub. Wood was used for making fire; Hebe salicifolia and Hebe stricta - native shrubs with willow-like leaves creased along the centre line, each pair at right angles to the one below it. Flowers are white or light blue. Commonly grow on banks.