pohutukawa
Britishnoun
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Origin of pohutukawa
from Māori
Example Sentences
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But Kiwis also celebrate in an antipodean manner, with barbeques on beaches fringed by the native pohutukawa tree, which blooms only at Christmas.
From Seattle Times
Ringed by golden beaches and temperate Pacific seas, Kaitaia is unconscionably pretty, dotted with flaming red pohutukawa trees and blessed by year-round blue skies.
From The Guardian
They found that three tree species -- Canary Island pine, Pohutukawa and American sweetgum -- harbor the fungus and are sources of human infection.
From US News
On the western slopes of Albert Park next to the Auckland Art Gallery, the ancient pohutukawa trees are readying their Christmas blooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
At a short distance inland, and especially bordering salt-water inlets, the traveller is surprised and charmed by groups of the pohutukawa, a tree thus named by the Maoris.
From Project Gutenberg
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