originally Makomako. Maoriname for a New Zealand tree, Aristotelia racemosa,Hook., N.O. Tiliaceae, often but incorrectly calledMokomoko.
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand, p. 130:
«Mako, a small handsome tree, six to twenty feet high,quick-growing, with large racemes of reddish nodding flowers.Wood very light and white in colour.»
Maori name for the Tiger-Shark. See shark. The teeth of the Mako are usedfor ornaments by the Maoris.