hina hina N.Z.
(ˈhina ˈhina)
Also hinihini.
[Maori.]
= mahoe.
| 1867 J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 765/1 Hina⁓hina, Geolog. Surv. Melicytus ramiflorus. 1868 J. Buchanan in Trans. N.Z. Instit. I. Essays iii. 37 Hinihini or Mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus). A very variable tree in size of leaves and shape of trunk, the latter angled or round. 1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxii. 206 The Kowhai and fuchsia and hina hina..will have died out. 1946 J. C. Andersen in Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. June 151 Hinahina, alternative name for the tree mahoe. |