marirari hardwood tree that grows along the coast; its wood is used for [...]

Part of Speech n3
    • hardwood tree that grows along the coast; its wood is used for making mortars
      • plants
      • Example 4218:
        O marirari o naono na purapura nana rapana kasuana.
        The marirari is a tree that grows near the beach.
        Source:
        Sii 15W 067
      • Example 4219:
        Na taporohi vatomtomon nana.
        It has orange blossoms.
        Source:
        Sii 15W 068
      • Example 4220:
        Na tei me nana bono sii vua nae o sii vua rutarutaa.
        (This tree) has very small fruit.
        Source:
        Sii 15W 069
      • Example 4221:
        Beo vua o kobus, o pereperee, be manoto, ore paa paru. Na moko potee raara bona ohita.
        When its fruit are unripe and watery, they are green, when they ripen, they turn black. We eat them like galip nuts.
        Source:
        Sii 15W 070-071
      • Example 4222:
        A rom nae na mosimosi riori mena paos na inu, na pakupaku kaaku pete ni riori. O boon to mosimosi riori meno tatasu.
        Its trunk is cut up for house posts, it is also used for making the mortar. A mangrove tree is cut for the pestle.
        Source:
        Sii 15W 072

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