koromiko

British  

/ kɒrɒmiːkɒ /

noun

1. a flowering New Zealand shrub, Hebe salicifolia

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Etymology

Origin of koromiko

Māori

Example Sentences

But the clear stream of the place, which then ran past flax, koromiko, and glittering toé-toé, and now winds under weeping-willows, the founders spared from any sacerdotal name; it is called Avon.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

How could a photograph even hint at the dark, glossy green of the glistening karaka leaves, the feathery, waving foliage of the lace bark, or the white and purple bloom of the koromiko?

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

There are the koromiko bush with white and purple blossoms, and the white convolvulus which covers whole thickets with blooms, delicate as carved ivory, whiter than milk.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

In autumn the steeps are gay with crimson cushion-like masses of rata flowers, or the white blooms of the ribbon-wood and koromiko.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember

The road winds over huge boulders covered with lichen, or half hidden by koromiko, ferns, green moss, and stunted beeches, grey-bearded and wind-beaten.

From The Long White Cloud by Reeves, William Pember