taupatan.
/ˈtaʊpətə/, U.S. /ˈtaʊpədə/, New Zealand English /ˈtʌupʌtʌ/, /ˈtæupədə/ New Zealand.
An evergreen shrub or small tree, Coprosma repens, of the family Rubiaceæ, native to New Zealand, and bearing shiny leaves and clusters of small white flowers followed by orange-red berries.
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1867 J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 768/1 Taupata, Col. Coprosma retusa.
1906 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. 392 C[oprosma] Baueri is much used for hedges in Wellington and Melbourne. In the former place it is generally known as taupata.
1946 Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. 55 159 Taupata, a tree..with dark green leaves shining as if varnished.
1960 N. Hilliard Maori Girl iii. vi. 215 And there's the lights on the leaves of the taupata.
1966 G. Durrell Two in Bush ii. 68 The list of plants used in this nest building reads like something out of Lewis Carroll: taupata twigs, scurvy grass and mesembryanthemum.
1982 F. Bream Island of Fear 6 The graves..under the taupata trees.
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