Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A New Zealand tree, Corynocarpus lævigata, of the cashew family, yielding orange-colored berries two or three inches long.

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Examples

  • Nothing warms the soul on a cold day like a bowl of the akamaru modern or the special karaka-men.

    Village Voice Picks NY's 10 Most Pretentious Restaurants Fork in the Road 2011

  • Nothing warms the soul on a cold day like a bowl of the akamaru modern or the special karaka-men.

    Village Voice Picks NY's 10 Most Pretentious Restaurants Fork in the Road 2011

  • Nothing warms the soul on a cold day like a bowl of the akamaru modern or the special karaka-men.

    Village Voice Picks NY's 10 Most Pretentious Restaurants Fork in the Road 2011

  • The coastal forest is very diverse and includes northern rata (Metrosideros robusta), karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus), and the nikau palm (Rhopalostylis sapida).

    Nelson Coast temperate forests 2008

  • The nineteenth-century Maoris, who eradicated the Moriori in the Chatham Islands, went there because they heard it was the land of the karaka berry.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The nineteenth-century Maoris, who eradicated the Moriori in the Chatham Islands, went there because they heard it was the land of the karaka berry.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • The nineteenth-century Maoris, who eradicated the Moriori in the Chatham Islands, went there because they heard it was the land of the karaka berry.

    The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008

  • Here, too, we make acquaintance with the sweet-scented manuaka, the fragrant veronica, and the glossy-leaved karaka; this last is the pride of the Maoris.

    Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • Corynocarpus laevigatus (karaka), Hoheria populnea

    Museum Blogs 2010

  • With most of the planets in trikona and Kendra from karaka of work and self, Gautam Gambhir slowly was able to mould and put a strong foundation to his position in the Indian team.

    unknown title 2009

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