parapara

/ ˈpɑːrɑːpɑːrɑː /

noun

1. a small New Zealand tree, Pisonia brunoniana , with sticky fruit and leaves which can trap small birds Also calledbird-catching tree

Word History and Origins

Origin of parapara¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Near by grew a curious tree, which is known among the Indians as the parapara.

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Near by grew a curious tree, which is known among the Indians as the parapara.

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Humboldt says that proceeding along the river Carenicuar, in the Gulf of Cariaco, he saw the Indian women washing their linen with the fruit of this tree, there called the parapara.

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This conclusion is not deduced from the observations I made at the southern declivity of the littoral Cordillera, between the Morros of San Juan, Parapara and the Llanos of Calabozo.

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The ancient pyrogenic rocks which I found near Parapara where they rise in mounds with rounded summits, are the more remarkable as no others have hitherto been discovered in the whole eastern part of South America.

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