raupo

/ (rɑːuːpɒ) /

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noun plural raupo

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

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Word Origin for raupo

Māori

Words nearby raupo

Rau, raucous, raunch, raunchy, raupatu, raupo, rauriki, Raurkela, Rauschenberg, Rauschenbusch, rauwolfia

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How to use raupo in a sentence

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 bells were chiefly musket barrels, and they hung in actual raupo chapels built by Maori hands!
A History of the English Church in New Zealand|Henry Thomas Purchas
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
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

He ran to the back of the house, made with some difficulty a hole in the padded raupo wall, and squeezed his head through it.
Old New Zealand|Earl of Pembroke.