kawakawa

English

Etymology

From Maori.

Noun

kawakawa (countable and uncountable, plural kawakawas)

  1. Alternative form of kiwikiwi (“star fern”)
  2. A fish, Euthynnus affinis, the false albacore.
  3. Piper excelsum (syn. Macropiper excelsum), a shrub endemic to New Zealand.

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