kakano, n. 1. Texture, grain in wood, greenstone, etc. He pounamu kakano rua (P.). Kakano whakauru, variegated; also applied to a person sprung from two tribes. Ka mahi te kakano whakauru (P. 39).
2. Stock, descent. I puta ai taua kupu nei, tino tangata, ara i te kakano ariki (W. iii, 14). E kore e hekeheke, he kakano rangatira (P.).
3. Berry, small fruit, such as eaten by birds.
4. Colour.
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kākano, n. Seed, kernel, pip. Ko nga rangatira anake o runga i a Te Arawa, nga kakano i ruia ai ki te whenua (M. lxviii).
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