poroporo
/ˈpɒrəʊpɒrəʊ/Chiefly NZ
noun
Either of two shrubs native to New Zealand and Australia, Solanum aviculare and S. laciniatum (family Solanaceae), bearing lavender or purple-blue flowers followed by edible orange berries.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Edward Wakefield (1820–1879), promoter of colonization. From Maori poroporo.
- rutaceous
- Ruten
- ruth
- Ruth, Babe
- ruthenate
- Ruthene
- Ruthenia
- Ruthenian
- ruthenic
- ruthenite
- ruthenium
- ruthenium red
- ruthenous
- Rutherford atom
- Rutherford, Dame Margaret
- Rutherford formula
- rutherfordine
- rutherfordite
- rutherfordium
- Rutherford law
- Rutherford model
- Rutherford's atom
- Rutherford-scatter
- Rutherford scattering
- Rutherford's formula