raupo

/ (rɑːuːpɒ) /

noun plural raupo

a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis, with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration

Nearby words

raucous, raucously, raunch, raunchy, raupatu, raupo, rauriki, raurkela, rauschenberg, rauschenberg, robert, rauschenbusch

Word Origin for raupo

Māori

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Examples from the Web for raupo

The place was a network of trenches with connecting passages, roofed over with timber, raupo, and toetoe reeds and earth.
The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan
In a common Maori whare, built of raupo leaves and rushes, sits a dusky maiden, filled with bitterness and grief.
The Tale of Timber Town|Alfred Grace
The elastic wall of raupo closed again around his neck; and the tapu was fairly beaten!
Old New Zealand:|'A Pakeha Maori' [Frederick Edwa [Maning]
The elastic wall of raupo closed again around his neck; the tapu was fairly beaten!
Old New Zealand|Earl of Pembroke.

They put him into a raupo hut by himself, and fastened the door—a proceeding that did not at all tend to elevate his spirits.
The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan