[Maori name.] A New Zealand shrub, a white-flowered arborescent species of Veronica (V. salicifolia).
1855. R. Taylor, Te Ika a Maui, 454 (Morris). Koromiko … bears a tapering-shaped flower of a purplish white.
1872. A. Domett, Ranolf, I. i. 2. A ditch, With flowering koromiko rich.
1884. Bracken, Lays Maori, 21. The early breeze That played among the koromiko’s leaves.
