[Maori.] Native name in New Zealand of a small evergreen tree (Pittosporum eugenioides), also called lemon-wood.
1876. W. N. Blair, in Trans. N. Zeal. Inst., IX. 143.
1879. J. B. Armstrong, ibid., XII. 329 (Morris). The tarata or Lemon-wood, a most beautiful tree, also used for hedges.