taramoa
1. (noun) bramble, lawyer, bush lawyer, Rubus cissoides, Rubus australis and Rubus schmidelioides - native plants with hand-shaped, toothed leaves and white, heavily scented flowers. Fruit is yellowish-red, shaped like a small blackberry. The branchlets and backs of the leaf stalks are covered in hooked thorns. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand.
See also tātarāmoa
Synonyms: taraheke, tātarāmoa, tātaraheke, akatātarāmoa
2. (noun) thistle.
Ko ngā rākau Pākehā anake kua tupu ake i reira: te keiha, te taramoa, te purukamu, te āporo, te paramu, te herei, te karaihe (KO 4/7/1890:3). / Only exotic plants have grown there: the acacia, thistles, gum trees, apples, plums, cherries and grass.
