Search Result for "podocarpus totara":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves;
[syn: totara, Podocarpus totara]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Totara \To"ta*ra\, 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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Podocarpus totara n 1: valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves [syn: totara, Podocarpus totara]