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tūrutu

1. (verb) to screen, shelter.

Ka haramai tēnei ka tūrutu, ka paetau noa au kai te whare (M 2005:354). / This one comes and shelters, and I just sit apart in the house.

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Synonyms: tītopa, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, pātūtū, whakaruru, , tauārai, mata, , ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, ārei, ruruhau, taumaru, pāruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga


2. (noun) tūrutu, New Zealand blueberry, Dianella nigra - loose tussock forming evergreen perennial herb, forming dense to open, diffuse clumps; rhizomes horizontally 150 mm (or more) long, strong and well developed. Leaves 250-800 x 12-18 mm, uniformly green to dark green, upright to strongly curved and distinctly drooping, more or less flat. Green or white flowers November - December and berries from grey-white and dull to strongly violet-blue and glossy.

Synonyms: rēua, piopio


3. (noun) New Zealand iris, native iris, Libertia ixioides - a native plant seen beside tracks and streams. Leaves turn yellow to orange in full sun and are smooth, stiff and long, growing in fans forming a tuft. Flowers are white and three-petalled while the fruit is yellow pear-shaped capsules.

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