A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand
Parts of Trees
Parts of Trees.
Auru, to break off
Eka, mouldy substance
Harakeke, flax
Heu, brushwood
Hiako, bark; rind
Hua, fruit
Ikararaua, middle fibre of a leaf
Kakano, grain
Karo, fruit of the Tataka
Kauru, head of a tree; the crooked root of the Toi
Kiri, bark; rind
Korari, flax; the stalk of the flax
Korito, heart of the fern tree
Koroi, fruit of the Kahikatea
Mahuri, young tree
Makowa, expanded, as a leaf
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Mati, fruit of the Fuschia
Mauku, cooked fruit of the Ti tree
Mauti, grass
Mimiha, resin; a bituminous substance
Mingimingi, knot in timber
Muka, fine flax
Otaota, weeds
Pakiaka, root
Peka, branch; firewood
Peke, fork of a tree
Pia, gum of the flax plant, and of the fern tree; also the saccharine exudation from the Manuka
Pokere, pulp of the Tawa berry
Pona, joint, or knob, in a tree
Poporo, potatoe apple
Pota, prepared flax
Pua, flower
Puaka, flower; small branches of trees
Puawai, flower
Pumanga, knot in timber
Pureke, outside of the flax leaf
Putake, root
Rahurahu, fern
Rakau, tree
Rarahu, fern
Rarauhe, fern
Rau, leaf
Renga, good fern root
Rito, heart of the fern tree
Take, root
Takirikau, best flax, scraped with the nail
Tanikoniko, vein in timber
Tarutaru, grass
Tihore, Syn. with Takirikau
Tipoto, prepared flax
Ti-waranui, best flax
Tohika, manna obtained from the Manuka
Toko, Tokotoko, stick
Tumu, stump
Tumutumu, stump
Tuware, worked flax
Ururua, thicket
Wahia, firewood
Ware, resin
Witau, common flax.