-peel; but if rashlytasted an hour before it is ripe, the poroporo is an alum pillflavoured with strychnine. Besides the ordinary meaning ofthis word, there is a slang Australian use denoting an awkwardadventure, an unpleasant experience, a troublesome job. The word also denotes a depression orcavity in the bed of an intermittent river, which remains fullduring the summer when the river itself is dry. Collared S.