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Definition of Poroporo
1. Noun. Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poroporo
Literary usage of Poroporo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1906)
"... -poroporo, whose home was in the Whanganui River, not far from the town of
that name. This notorious man-eater was slain by that stout warrior, Ao-kehu, ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"136 : " The poroporo, the nicest or I nasty of the wild fruits, is a sol strawberry
flavoured with apple-f but if rashly tasted an hour befo is ripe, ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Corrupted into Bully- bul (qv). 1857. C. Hursthouse, ' New Zealand, the Britain
of the South," p. 136 : "The poroporo, the nicest or least nasty of the wild ..."
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