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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(New Zealand) An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing..
For years the karaka tree had scraped and banged in the wind against the bit of our iron fence that still stood […].
It may have been around this time that ‘wild’ plants such as karaka, cabbage tree and bracken fern began to be semi-cultivated.
Use karaka when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Karaka means (New Zealand) An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
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For years the karaka tree had scraped and banged in the wind against the bit of our iron fence that still stood […].
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