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Definition of ponga in English: ponga(also punga) noun ˈpʌŋə NZ A tree fern found in forests throughout New Zealand. 〈新西兰〉白桫椤。亦称SILVER FERN Cyathea dealbata, family Cyatheaceae Also called silver fern Example sentencesExamples - ‘They had a singular beauty, outstanding amongst the exotic growth of fern and ponga on the slopes below,’ he once wrote.
- The walk there and back took us through some beautiful bush with huge silver ferns, beach trees, pungas, pohutakawa, cabbage trees and palms.
- She came across the Waiwhakaiho Bridge into town so we decorated the factory with ponga fronds and spelt ‘welcome’ in the hedge with hydrangea blooms.
- Covered in lichen and scrub, missing boards and held together with rusty bolts the rickety structure spans a deep gorge and alights at what is now grassland pocked with ponga and scrub: a farm long abandoned.
- These command stupidly high prices - a 4ft ponga trunk in good shape, with three to four well-formed fronds, can set you back from £100 up.
OriginMid 19th century: from Maori. |