māota
1. (stative) be green, freshly-grown, raw.
Kei te ngahere ngā mahinga kai a te iwi Patupaiarehe, kainga ai e rātou ngā kai māota, hopukina ai ngā ika i te moana me ngā roto (Te Ara 2014) / The gardens of the Patupaiarehe folk is in the forest. They eat raw food and catch fish in the sea and lakes.
2. (noun) kohekohe, Dysoxylum spectabile - a tree with 3-4 opposite pairs of dark, shiny leaves. Flowers in early winter every second year, with long drooping white sprays which grow directly from the trunk or branches. Fruit is a round green capsule which splits open to reveal an orange-red centre.
