1. (personal noun) kaikōmako, Pennantia corymbosa, personification of the kaikōmako - a tree with alternating or clustered, 3-10 cm long, thick leaves with irregular widely spaced teeth. Flowers white and drupes black and glossy. Has a juvenile stage as a straggling, twiggy plant with interlacing branches and few leaves, which may persist for several years, then the change to adult begins a few metres above ground (see photo).