Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small evergreen New Zealand tree, Drimys axillaris, belonging to the magnolia family.

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Examples

  • Breakfast sausages flavoured with the peppery natives kawakawa and horopito are the latest wild food treats the Northland Regional Council is hoping will lure visitors to its marquee at the upcoming Dargaville field days.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Regional Council Events Co-ordinator Liz Woodward says this year the Council will move away from pests and instead offer two types of breakfast sausage incorporating native plants - one beef, horopito and chilli flavoured and the other made from lamb and kawakawa.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Growing right next door to the museum is all the food and materials for feasts, gifts and domestic appliances, such as raupo, ferns, lancewood, flaxes (harakeke) and horopito.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Growing right next door to the museum is all the food and materials for feasts, gifts and domestic appliances, such as raupo, ferns, lancewood, flaxes (harakeke) and horopito.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • Horopito, pepper tree, Pseudowintera colorata mimicry, the palatable Alseuosmia pusilla mimicking the unpalatable horopito, although this is controversial.

    Museum Blogs 2009

  • It looks a LOT like a juvenile of the completely unrelated horopito (Pseudowintera colorata) tree, which is also known as pepper tree because its leaves have a peppery taste.

    Museum Blogs 2009

  • Horopito, pepper tree, Pseudowintera colorata mimicry, the palatable Alseuosmia pusilla mimicking the unpalatable horopito, although this is controversial.

    Museum Blogs 2009

  • It looks a LOT like a juvenile of the completely unrelated horopito (Pseudowintera colorata) tree, which is also known as pepper tree because its leaves have a peppery taste.

    Museum Blogs 2009

  • Alseuosmia flowers and fruit are very different to horopito) or have a little taste of the leaves.

    Museum Blogs 2009

  • Alseuosmia flowers and fruit are very different to horopito) or have a little taste of the leaves.

    Museum Blogs 2009

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