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parengo

parengo is the alternative form of karengo.

Meaning of karengo

Noun

karengo (uncountable)

  1. (New Zealand) Pyropia columbina, an edible seaweed.
    • “I also look after a stand of mushrooms hereabouts, and my patches of puha and my karengo beds are very carefully tended.”1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 106
    Synonyms:
    red laver

Questions about parengo

What is parengo the alternative form of?
Parengo is the alternative form of karengo.

Words near parengo in the dictionary

  1. pareneses
  2. parenesis
  3. parenetic
  4. parenetical
  5. parenetically
  6. parengo
  7. Parenica
  8. parens
  9. parens patriae
  10. parent
  11. parent bug

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