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1. hina hina, n. View full entry 1867
...= mahoe...
2. kamahi, n. View full entry 1867
...A forest tree, Weinmannia racemosa, belonging to the family Cunoniaceæ, and bearing racemes of small, cream flowers....
3. karo, n. View full entry 1853
...An evergreen shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, which bears crimson flowers....
4. konini, n. View full entry 1867
...A native shrub or small tree, Fuchsia excorticata, or its berries....
5. manoao, n. View full entry 1867
...Either of two New Zealand coniferous trees of the family Podocarpaceae, both formerly assigned to the same genus, Dacrydium: (originally) the silver pine, Lagarostrobos colensoi(in later...
6. mapau, n. View full entry 1853
...Any of several New Zealand shrubs and small trees, chiefly with undulate, evergreen leaves; esp. Myrsine australis (family Myrsinaceae), with reddish twigs and bearing clusters of small white(more fully...
7. matipo, n. View full entry 1853
...Any of several New Zealand evergreen shrubs or small trees of the genera Pittosporum (family Pittosporaceae) and Myrsine (family Myrsinaceae); esp. (more...
8. mingi, n. View full entry 1867
...= mingimingi1....
9. mingimingi, n. View full entry 1867
...Any of several evergreen Australasian shrubs of or formerly belonging to the genus Cyathodes (family Epacridaceae), having small, leathery, sharply pointed leaves and tiny greenish-white flowers; esp. ...
10. papauma, n. View full entry 1867
...A small evergreen tree or shrub of New Zealand, Griselinia littoralis (family Griseliniaceae), having large, thick, shiny leaves; also called broadleaf (see broad2....
11. patete, n. View full entry 1867
...= pate...
12. pingao, n. View full entry 1867
...A New Zealand sedge, Desmoschoenus spiralis, which has golden-brown foliage and long rhizomes that help to stabilize sand dunes. Also called sand grass....
13. piripiri, n. View full entry 1853
...Any of several perennial trailing and creeping plants of the genus Acaena (family Rosaceae), with pinnate leaves and fruits in the form of burs; esp. A. anserinifolia...
14. puka, n.1 View full entry 1867
...A small, evergreen New Zealand tree, Meryta sinclairii (family Araliaceae), which has very large glossy leaves and terminal panicles of inconspicuous greenish-white flowers, and is native to certain...
15. rangiora, n. View full entry 1867
...A New Zealand evergreen shrub or small tree, Brachyglottis repanda, of the family Asteraceae (Compositae), which has large ovate leaves with a soft white tomentum on...
16. taupata, n. View full entry 1867
...An evergreen shrub or small tree, Coprosma repens, of the family Rubiaceæ, native to New Zealand, and bearing shiny leaves and clusters of small white flowers followed by orange-red berries....
