1. (noun) fruit of the tree fuchsia - dark purple to almost black and about 1 cm long containing many seeds.
Kua maoa te hōnā kua pango, he tino kai (PK 2008:127). / When the fuchsia tree fruit is ripe they're black and an important food.
See also kōnini
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