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▪ I. makomako1 N.Z.|ˈmakɔˈmakɔ| [Maori.] = korimako.
1848R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 8/2 Makomako, a bird. Syn. with korimako. 1873W. L. Buller Hist. Birds N.Z. 91 Anthornis Melanura (Bell-Bird)..Native names. Mako, Makomako..Korimako..Kopara. Of the above names, Korimako is most generally used by the northern and Makomako by the southern tribes. 1875W. E. Atkinson Let. 16 Aug. in Richmond-Atkinson Papers (1960) II. 399, I have also the mako mako, silver-eye, [etc.].., and besides the birds a great many shells. 1911Encycl. Brit. XIX. 626/2 The tui and makomako rank high as songsters. 1966[see korimako]. ▪ II. makomako2 N.Z.|ˈmakɔˈmakɔ| Also mako. [Maori.] A small New Zealand tree, Aristotelia serrata (or A. racemosa), of the family Elæocarpaceæ, which bears clusters of small pink flowers and dark red berries; also called wineberry.
1848R. Taylor Leaf from Nat. Hist. N.Z. 20/2 Mako, a tree; the bark used as a black dye. Makomako, a tree (Friesia racemosa). 1861A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 24 Mar. in Richmond-Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 696 Just before the fireplace were a few makos which they had been sleeping on. 1866Lindley & Moore Treas. Bot. II. 92/1 The berries of Aristotelia racemosa, the Mako-Mako of the natives, are eaten. 1883J. Hector Handbk. N.Z. (ed. 3) 130 Mako, a small handsome tree, six to twenty feet high, quick-growing, with large racemes of reddish nodding flowers. 1949P. H. Buck Coming of Maori (1950) 11. ix. 239 The spears were formed of..rods of light mako wood. 1966Encycl. N.Z. II. 670/1 (caption) Aristotelia serrata, mako⁓mako or wineberry, is a small tree of graceful appearance. |