Bidibid

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Bidibid is the common name used in New Zealand for of a number of plants belonging to the Acaena genus. The name is written variously as biddy-biddy, biddi-biddi, biddi-bid and a number of other variations. These names are the English usage of the original Māori name of piripiri.

The species that are given the name bidibid are:

• Acaena anserinifolia
• Acaena caesiiglauca
• Acaena inermis
• Acaena microphylla
• Acaena minor
• Acaena novae-zelandiae
• Acaena pallida
• Acaena profundeincisa

[edit] References

• Orsman, H. W., The Dictionary of New Zealand English (1999), Oxford University Press, Auckland.
• Landcare Research - plant database.