raupo
noun plural raupo
a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis, with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration
Word Origin for raupo
Māori
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Historical Examples of raupo
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 BentJames 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 BentJames Cowan
The elastic wall of raupo closed again around his neck; the tapu was fairly beaten!
Old New ZealandEarl of Pembroke.
In a common Maori whare, built of raupo leaves and rushes, sits a dusky maiden, filled with bitterness and grief.
The Tale of Timber TownAlfred 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]