单词 | konini |
释义 | koninin. New Zealand. A native shrub or small tree, Fuchsia excorticata, or its berries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > cultivated or ornamental trees and shrubs > [noun] > fuchsia fuchsia1753 lady's eardrops1829 konini1867 tree fuchsia- 1867 J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 765/2 Konine. Fuchsia excorticata. 1869 T. H. Potts in Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1869 (1870) 2 48 Beneath, Bell-birds..seek the konini, clinging to its brittle sprays. 1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 53 The settlers sometimes term it Kotukutuku or Konini, but more generally fuchsia. 1949 P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) ii. i. 88 The berries of the..konini..are transient and were not important as food. 1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 12 When a pigeon shirred up out of a konini I almost dropped by rifle. 1968 M. Johnson N.Z. Flowering Plants 57 One seldom sees now a rich display of the purple black berries, konini, that delicacy of the Maori palate of former times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867 |
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