pāpāuma
1. (noun) broadleaf, Griselinia littoralis - short-trunked tree with dark green, oval-oblong leaves never shiny below and slightly unequal at the base. Found throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands.
Kāti ko te tikanga o tēnei kupu mō ngā rākau, mō ngā miro, mō ngā pāpāuma, mō ngā mataī (M 2004:336). / So this word refers to trees such as miro, broadleaf and mataī.
See also kāpuka
