horokio
1. (noun) kiokio, palm-leaf fern, Blechnum novae-zelandiae - a robust native, creeping ground fern with long drooping fronds commonly found on damp road banks and alongside forest streams. Leaflets strap-like and very finely toothed. New growth tinged pink or red.
Nō te taenga o Tainui ki Kāwhia, ka ngakia ngā purapura a ngā wāhine i mau mai nei i Hawaiki, wehe kē ngā māra a tētehi, wehe kē ā tētehi. Ko te whenua i whakatōkia ai ko Te Papa-o-Kārewa, wāhi o Kāwhia. Te tupunga ake o ngā māra nei puta mai te kūmara a Mārama he pōhue, puta ana te hue he māwhai, puta ana te aute he whau, puta ana te para he horokio, ka hē te tupu o ngā purapura a Mārama, te take i hara ia ki tana taurereka (TWMNT 12/12/1872:156). / When the Tainui canoe reached Kāwhia, the women, who had brought seeds from Hawaiki, planted them, each woman having a separate garden. The land that was planted was Te Papa-o-Kārewa, a place at Kāwhia. When these gardens grew Mārama's kūmara emerged as convolvulus, the gourd plants appeared as māwhai, the paper mulberry as corkwood and the king fern as kiokio. The reason that Mārama's seeds grew incorrectly was because she misbehaved with her slave.
See also kiokio
