totara

/ (ˈtəʊtərə) /

noun

a tall coniferous forest tree, Podocarpus totara, of New Zealand, having a hard durable wood

Words nearby totara

totalize, totalizer, totally, totally ordered set, totaquine, totara, tote, tote bag, tote board, tote box, tote road

Word Origin for totara

Māori

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Examples from the Web for totara

The "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
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