totara

/ (ˈtəʊtərə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for totara

Māori

Words nearby totara

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

Example sentences 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