karaka

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Then the karaka-trees would be hidden.

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  1. A New Zealand tree, Corynocarpus lævigata, of the cashew family, yielding orange-colored berries two or three inches long. The pulp of the berry is eaten raw, but the kernel is poisonous unless cooked for several days. Thus prepared it forms an important article of native food. Called also cow-tree.

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  • With most of the planets in trikona and Kendra from karaka of work and self, Gautam Gambhir slowly was able to mould and put a strong foundation to his position in the Indian team.
  • Then the karaka-trees would be hidden. —  The Garden Party and Other Stories
  • Here, too, we make acquaintance with the sweet-scented manuaka, the fragrant veronica, and the glossy-leaved karaka; this last is the pride of the Maoris. —  Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands
 

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  1. Maori karaka, = Mangaian karaka, Fiji qalaka, names of trees.
 

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