English Explanatory Dictionary

totara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
  2. Other species of genus Podocarpus.

Word forms

totara totaras

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori tōtara, from Proto-Polynesian *tara (“barb, prong”), from Proto-Oceanic *tala, referring to its mature leaves which resemble spines of the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).

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