kapuka

[kah-puh-kuh]

noun

1. a New Zealand tree, Griselinia littoralis, of the dogwood family, having brown, hairy twigs and small, greenish flowers, grown as an ornamental.

kapuka

/ kɑːpuːkə /

noun

1. another name for broadleaf

Word History and Origins

Origin of kapuka¹

From Maori

Word History and Origins

Origin of kapuka¹

Māori

Example Sentences

But whereas a decade or more ago Kenyan music - through the Kapuka hip-hop genre - was drawing global interest, this has now fallen away.

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This lake has an outlet into a large stream, which the Pillager Chippewas call Kapuka Sagitawag.

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