karaka
karaka noun: an evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
Noun (1)
karaka (plural karakas)
- An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
- For years the karaka tree had scraped and banged in the wind against the bit of our iron fence that still stood […].1963, Ronald Hugh Morrieson, The Scarecrow, Text Classics, published 2012, page 102
- It may have been around this time that ‘wild’ plants such as karaka, cabbage tree and bracken fern began to be semi-cultivated.2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 59
Noun (2)
karaka (plural karakas)
- A significator.
Forms of karaka
| plural | karakas |
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Origin of karaka
From Māori karaka.
Questions about karaka
- What does karaka mean?
- Karaka means an evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
- What part of speech is karaka?
- Karaka is a noun.
- What is the plural of karaka?
- The plural of karaka is karakas.
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