koromiko

/ kɒrɒmiːkɒ /

noun

1. a flowering New Zealand shrub, Hebe salicifolia

Word History and Origins

Origin of koromiko¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Koromiko, a very ornamental plant, but disappearing before the horse.

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But the clear stream of the place, which then ran past flax, koromiko, and glittering toé-toé, and now winds under weeping-willows, the founders spared from any sacerdotal name; it is called Avon.

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The road winds over huge boulders covered with lichen, or half hidden by koromiko, ferns, green moss, and stunted beeches, grey-bearded and wind-beaten.

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In autumn the steeps are gay with crimson cushion-like masses of rata flowers, or the white blooms of the ribbon-wood and koromiko.

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How could a photograph even hint at the dark, glossy green of the glistening karaka leaves, the feathery, waving foliage of the lace bark, or the white and purple bloom of the koromiko?

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