Etymology

mapau

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Today it means: Any of several trees of New Zealand, especially in the genus Myrsine. Full definition →

Māori māpau
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  1. Māori · borrowed frommāpau
  2. English todaymapau

Borrowed from Māori māpau.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.