Etymology

matagouri

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Today it means: A thorny shrub, Discaria toumatou. Full definition →

First used 19th c.Māori tūmatakuru
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The story

  1. Māori · derived fromtūmatakuru
  2. English todaymatagouri

From Māori tūmatakuru, with loss of first syllable. Compare tumatakuru.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. A thorny shrub, Discaria toumatou.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.