A New Zealand tree with orange berries containing seeds which are poisonous unless roasted.
Corynocarpus laevigata, family Corynocarpaceae
Example sentencesExamples
- I helped my friend at one stage to collect the seeds of karakas.
- The dominant species in the bush is the karaka, but there is also mahoe (whiteywood).
- She writes very sensitively about them, and events that could be scoffed at by outsiders (such as one member shaking hands with a karaka tree on the first pilgrimage to Waitangi) are treated openly and honestly.
- The following steps describe how our kuia prepared the karaka kernels for eating.
- The attackers cut down karaka trees for ladders to breach the walls.