tarata

[ tuh-rah-tuh ]

noun

1. a tree, Pittosporum eugenioides, of New Zealand, having elliptic leaves and fragrant, yellow flowers, grown as an ornamental.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tarata¹

Borrowed into English from Maori around 1875–80

Example Sentences

Te Tarata is not always active, sometimes the crater is perfectly dry, as it had been the previous week to our coming.

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In the distance was a cluster of buildings which I was told was Tarata.

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Tarata is in the heart of what once was the great Inca Empire.

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Some gave sixpence, some a shilling, and some a few coppers; the chief of the police gave Tarata five shillings.

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Tarata does not lie on level ground as it appears from the mountains above the town.

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