kahikatoa

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

n.


Maori name for /a/ New Zealandshrub, but no longer used by the settlers.

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 126:

«Kahikatoa, tea-tree of Cook. Leptospermumscoparium, Forst., N.O. Myrtaceae