Sea Weed.

Rimu, general name for sea weed.

Karengo, a green sea weed, edible

Koiri, a sea weed, like beads, edible

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Kopukohu, a sea weed

Kohukohu o te moana, a sea weed

Koukou, a sea weed

Ngu, a gelatinous fish; the food of the Tamure

Ongaonga, a sea weed; a Medusa which stings

Papataura, a sponge

Potipoti, Portuguese man-of-war. Syn. with Ongaonga

Pungoungou, a sponge

Rimu, a sea weed, edible; the natives boil it with the juice of the tutu, which it converts into a thick jelly. (Chondrus crispus.) Syn. with the Carrigeen moss

Rimurapa, a sea weed, edible; the largest kind

Weki, a gelatinous fish; the food of the Tamure.