karo

American  

[kahr-oh] / ˈkɑr oʊ /

noun

karos plural

1. a shrub or small tree, Pittosporum crassifolium, of New Zealand, having shiny leaves with a white, felty underside, red flowers, and densely hairy fruit.

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karo British  

/ ˈkɑːrɒ /

noun

1. a small New Zealand tree or shrub, Pittosporum crassifolium with sweet-smelling brown flowers

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• karos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of karo

Borrowed into English from Maori around 1780–90

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

karo karos

“Mujhse has ek vada karo, Dimple. Promise me just one thing.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

The duties of the dairo—sometimes called karo or o-doshiyori—were to preside over the roju and to handle important administrative affairs.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

And among them appeared his surviving ministers, the venerable karo; and these, as the procession turned city-ward, took their old places of honour, and marched before the shrine valiantly, though bent with years.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio

Int. stop!, stay!, avast!, halt!, hold hard!, whoa!, hold!, sabr karo!

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

These natives usually wear a cloak called karos, made of sheep's skin, with the wool turned inwards.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century by Benett, Léon