fern root

British  

noun

1. another name for aruhe

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Example Sentences

And the people told the chiefs that they could not live on fern root and fight the soldiers at the same time.

From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Maori, A Pakeha

He describes an islet with "signs of visits of the natives" and on the main, in low grounds, were holes where they dug for fern root.

From The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant by Lee, Ida

"Had to dig a big fern root for Mary."

From The Girl Scouts at Bellaire Or Maid Mary's Awakening by Garis, Lilian

“What’s that?” reached their ears, and they saw the sleeper feeling about till his hand came in contact with the dry fern root.

From Will of the Mill by Fenn, George Manville

The process of cooking fern root is very simple; for it is merely roasted on the fire, and afterwards bruised by means of a flat stone similar to a cobbler's lap-stone, and a wooden pestle.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.