tutu
1. (noun) tutu, tree tutu, Coriaria arborea var. arborea - native shrub with mostly opposite leaves with three to five parallel veins, shiny and dark on top. Stems are four-sided and the purple-black fruit hang in long strings. Extremely poisonous, except for the juice of the fruit.
Pēnei tonu te āhua o te mahi me tō te tutu e mahia nei e te Māori, ko te tutu ia he paitini tōna, tēnā ko te wāina (karepe) kāore ōna paitini (TP 6/1911:8). / The method of processing it is just like that of the tutu berries, but the tutu is poisonous, whereas the grape has no poison.
