totara
/ (ˈtəʊtərə) /
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noun
a tall coniferous forest tree, Podocarpus totara, of New Zealand, having a hard durable wood
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Word Origin for totara
Māori
Words nearby totara
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How to use totara in a sentence
He went up the Tamar, and at Totara slew five hundred men, and baked and ate three hundred of them.
The Book of the Bush|George DunderdaleThe framework was of the durable totara-wood, the lining of reeds, the outside of dried rushes.
The Long White Cloud|William Pember ReevesIt was a native canoe formed out of the hollow trunk of a totara-tree, and shaped at both ends.
Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water|Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) VincentThe "totara" is a tree that reminds one of the English yew, but its narrow leaves are longer and of a yellower green.
By Forest Ways in New Zealand|F. A. Roberts