TOTARA

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Meaning:

Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves

Synonyms:

Podocarpus totara; totara

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("totara" is a kind of...):

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("totara" is a member of...):

genus Podocarpus; Podocarpus (evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae)

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