horoeka

/ hɒrɒˈiːkə /

noun

1. another name for lancewood

Word History and Origins

Origin of horoeka¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Horoeka, ivy-tree. an ornamental, slender, and sparingly-branched tree.

From Project Gutenberg

Horoeka, stepping out into the marae to fetch his victim to the sacrifice, was just in time to see that victim disappearing round the corner of his prison-house.

From Project Gutenberg

"Horoeka, the arch-offender, has disappeared into remoter wilds, and the others lay the blame of it all on Horoeka."

From Project Gutenberg

"Yes," responded Hugh, "and even then the beggars have the impudence to swear, in the teeth of their talk last night in their wharé-runanga, that Horoeka only meant to give the pakeha boy a good fright because he had done a mischief to the very tapu-tree in which lives the spirit of the tribe's great ancestor."

From Project Gutenberg

"It's a bit of the fringe of the mat Horoeka was wearing this afternoon," he said quietly.

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