carpolites

Who knew--my Mother's Day ceramic tabletop fountain came complete with not just rocks, but carpolites. I must say that the translation job on the instructions was nearly flawless til I came across this term. I even had to look it up, and the word processing dictionary I'm using right now doesn't recognize it, either. According to the mini article on Wikipedia on the subject of its synonym "road metal", the term is commonly used these days in New Zealand but nowhere else. I love these universes of knowledge that open up in all their glory where there was ignorance before. Thank you, The Joy of Gardening, for making this all possible.