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totara
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun totara has 1 sense
- totara(n = noun.plant) podocarpus totara - valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves; Array is a member of genus podocarpus, podocarpus
is a kind of conifer, coniferous tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
totara, n. [Maori.].
A coniferous tree (Podocarpus totara ), next to the kauri the most valuable timber tree of New Zealand. Its hard reddish wood is used for furniture and building, esp. in wharves, bridges, etc. Also mahogany pine . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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