kamokamo
1. (noun) squash, stubby green vegetable marrow (or gourd), fruit of imported gourds, Cucurbita spp - when mature, has a deeply ribbed and extremely hard yellowish skin. This is a favoured Māori food eaten young and immature.
Ka tere mātātupu te kamokamo ki te rumakina ngā kākano ki te wai mō te pō i mua i te whakatōtanga (PK 2008:430). / Marrow shoots quickly if it is immersed in water for a night before it is planted.
