parengon.
/pəˈrɛŋ(ɡ)əʊ/, U.S. /pəˈrɛŋ(ɡ)oʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈpʌreŋo/, /ˈpɛreŋʌu/, /pəˈreŋ(ɡ)ʌu/ New Zealand.
A common edible red seaweed, Porphyra columbina; (also) a dish of such seaweed.Also called karengo.
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1844 W. Colenso in N. M. Taylor Early Travellers N.Z. (1959) 7 On them [sc. rocks] grew a peculiar kind of large procumbent Algae, which, boiled, is commonly used as an article of food by the natives of these parts; they call it Parengo.
1929 R. Firth Primitive Econ. N.Z. Maori ii. 66 In June and July they fished for warehou and the prized moki, and collected the edible parengo seaweed.
1940 H. B. Turbott in I. L. G. Sutherland Maori People Today vii. 255 An edible seaweed called parengo was gathered in season on the East Coast.
1986 I. Wedde Symmes Hole (1988) 304 The young woman collecting parengo is sitting on the beach beyond the lagoon.
2002 N.Z. Press Assoc. Newswire (Nexis) 7 Aug. People they have never met have dropped off pretzels, sultana pasties, bread, fruit snacks, lemonade and a steaming hot pot of parengo—Maori seaweed soup.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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