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词汇 ngaio
释义

Definition of ngaio in English:

ngaio

nounPlural ngaios ˈnʌɪəʊ
  • A small New Zealand tree with edible fruit and light white timber.

    苦槛蓝

    Myoporum laetum, family Myoporaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We walk up the narrow path through a rockery; the plants are mostly succulents, partially shaded by pepper trees, tamarisks, ngaios.
    • Plants from last year that are coming on are more kowhai, totora, wineberry, manuka and ngaios.
    • The canopy of foliage comes from the whiteywood, and the ngaio.
    • This is a garden that truly makes the most of its cliff top site while providing a host of sheltered areas within the shelter of aged ngaios and other natives.
    • Since then we have planted cabbage trees, flaxes, saltmarsh ribbonwoods, kowhais, ngaios, mahoes, matais, podocarps, kahikateas, manukas, wineberries, toitois and olearias in their thousands.
    • I'm sitting in the shade of a battered old ngaio tree that is toughing it out on the rocks above Otanerito beach.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Maori.

Rhymes

bio, Cetshwayo, Io, Ohio
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