poroporo
1. (noun) breadfruit tree, breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis - a large, evergreen, tropical tree with large, round, starchy fruit originating in the South Pacific and was spread to the rest of Oceania. It has been an important staple crop in the Pacific for more than 3,000 years, but does not grow in the colder climate of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Ko te haerenga atu o Tamatekapua i runga i āna poutoti, ka tīmata te katokato i ngā hua o te poroporo (TWK 3:14). / Tamatekapua went on his stilts and began picking the fruit of the breadfruit tree.
See also pōporo
