parahia
1. (noun) Chenopodium allanii - a straggly perennial endemic herb found in the North and South Islands from the Wairarapa south. It was the main weed of kūmara crops in pre-European gardens.
Tēnā titiro ki ngā kiore māori, me ngā kurī māori, me ngā kākahu māori, me ngā tarutaru māori, me te parahia, kei hea? (TWMNT 3/7/1872:90). / Well look at the native rat, the native dog, the customary clothes, the native plants, and the Chenopodium allanii herb, where are they?
Tēnā te ringa tango parahia (TP 10/1908:7). / That is the hand that pulls weeds. (A whakataukī describing an industrious worker.)
