karangū
1. (noun) karamū, Coprosma lucida, Coprosma macrocarpa and Coprosma robusta - native shrubs and small trees with pale bark and large leathery glossy leaves. Flowers are greenish white, spindly, in loose clusters and the fruit reddish orange and much sought after by native birds.
I te wā e hua ana te karangū e tangitangi ana ngā manu o te ngahere, "Korokī! Korokā!" (TTR 2000:236). / At the time when the karamū fruits the birds of the forest sing, "Korokī! Korokā!"
See also karamū
Synonyms: karamū, kāramuramu
