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Definition of "karaka" []

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

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "karaka" in a sentence
  • "Nothing warms the soul on a cold day like a bowl of the akamaru modern or the special karaka-men."
  • "The coastal forest is very diverse and includes northern rata (Metrosideros robusta), karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus), and the nikau palm (Rhopalostylis sapida)."
  • "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."