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Maori
Etymology
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Noun
kiokio
- Any of various New Zealand ferns in the Blechnum genus including:
- Blechnum novae-zelandiae, the palm-leaf fern.
- Synonyms: piupiu, horokio, tupari
- Blechnum procerum, also known as mountain kiokio.
- Blechnum discolor, the crown fern.
- Synonyms: piupiu, turukio, tāniwhaniwha, petipeti
Descendants
Further reading
- “kiokio” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.