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Definition of ngaio in English: ngaionounPlural ngaios ˈnʌɪəʊ A small New Zealand tree with edible fruit and light white timber. Myoporum laetum, family Myoporaceae Example sentencesExamples - We walk up the narrow path through a rockery; the plants are mostly succulents, partially shaded by pepper trees, tamarisks, ngaios.
- Plants from last year that are coming on are more kowhai, totora, wineberry, manuka and ngaios.
- The canopy of foliage comes from the whiteywood, and the ngaio.
- This is a garden that truly makes the most of its cliff top site while providing a host of sheltered areas within the shelter of aged ngaios and other natives.
- Since then we have planted cabbage trees, flaxes, saltmarsh ribbonwoods, kowhais, ngaios, mahoes, matais, podocarps, kahikateas, manukas, wineberries, toitois and olearias in their thousands.
- I'm sitting in the shade of a battered old ngaio tree that is toughing it out on the rocks above Otanerito beach.
Origin Mid 19th century: from Maori. |