aweto
noun
\ äˈwet(ˌ)ō, äˈfe-\
plural -s
Definition of aweto
: a composite structure that occurs in New Zealand, that when dried and burned yields a useful black pigment, and that is made up of the mummified body of a caterpillar killed by the attack of a parasitic ascomycetous fungus (Cordyceps robustus) together with the elongated fruiting body of the fungus which projects from the neck of the mummy
— called also vegetable caterpillar
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