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‖ puriri|ˈpuːriri|
[Native Maori name.]
1. A New Zealand forest tree, Vitex lucens, belonging to the family Verbenaceæ and bearing compound leaves and axillary clusters of red flowers; also, the hard, durable timber of this tree. Also attrib.
1835W. Yate Acct. of N.Z. (ed. 2) ii. 43 Puriri (Vitex littoralis)—This tree, from its hardness and durability has been denominated the New-Zealand Oak. 1838J. S. Polack N.Z. II. 393 The Puriri..is a wood whose durability equals any of the timbers in the country. 1842W. R. Wade Journ. N. Zealand 200 note, Puriri, misnamed vitex littoralis, as it is not found near the sea⁓coast. 1863A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 29 Sept. in Richmond-Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 64 One [ball from a rifle] pitched.. in a very good line for me but stuck in a puriri log. 1886N. Zealand Herald 1 June 2/2 The land is..finely sheltered by pretty clumps of puriri and other bush. 1910L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants iii. 39 Birds also fertilise a few New Zealand plants, amongst others the puriri. 1952Landfall VI. 31 The framework of this haystack cover stands on puriri uprights which though sunken into the ground are practically everlasting. 1959N.Z. Listener 13 Mar. 5/4 These fascinating little owls had their nest in a clump of astelia in a puriri tree. 1973Atkinson & Bell in G. R. Williams Nat. Hist. N.Z. xv. 378/1 Large numbers of kohekohe, puriri, karaka and mahoe are also present.
2. Comb. puriri moth, a large green moth, Hepialus (or Charagia) virescens, of the family Hepialidæ, whose larvæ bore into the wood of the puriri and certain other trees.
1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 590/1 The puriri or ghost moth is the largest native moth of New Zealand. 1971N.Z. Listener 6 Sept. 17/1, I hoped I might be able to get a big green puriri moth on that soft and cloudy summer night. |