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totara

noun
  1. a tall coniferous forest tree, Podocarpus totara, of New Zealand, having a hard durable wood
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Word Origin

Māori
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Historical Examples

  • 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 Dunderdale

  • The "totara" is a tree that reminds one of the English yew, but its narrow leaves are longer and of a yellower green.