Totara

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
  2. 2
    valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves wordnet
  3. 3
    Other species of genus Podocarpus.

Synonyms

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podocarpus totaramaori timbermaori woodtotara timbertotara treetotara wood

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori tōtara, from Proto-Polynesian *tara (“barb, prong”), from Proto-Oceanic *tala, referring to its mature leaves which resemble spines of the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).

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