rereti
1. (noun) Blechnum chambersii - tufted native ground fern forming flattish rosettes of fronds, divided into unstalked, finely toothed leaflets. Spores on separate, rather shrivelled-looking fronds. Common in damp forest, especially along stream banks.
Arā anō he aruhe i kainga e te Māori, tae atu ki ngā pihinga o te kōwaowao, te rereti, te mouku, te huruhuru whenua, te koru o te kiokio me te pikopiko (Te Ara 2011). / Māori ate other ground ferns, including the young fronds of hound’s tongue fern, rereti, hen and chickens fern and shining spleenwort. They ate the curled shoots of kiokio and common shield fern.
