cow-tree

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a native tree of New Zealand.Maori name, Karaka (q.v.).

1860. G. Bennett, `Gatherings of a Naturalist,' p. 346:

«The karaka-tree of New Zealand ( Corynocarpuslaevigata), also called kopi by the natives, and cow-treeby Europeans (from that animal being partial to its leaves),grows luxuriantly in Sydney.»

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