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单词 totara
释义 totara|ˈtəʊtərə, təʊˈtɑːrə|
Also erron. totarra.
[Maori to′tăra (Morris).]
A large New Zealand coniferous tree, Podocarpus Totara, producing light, durable, tough timber of a dark red colour, highly valued for building, piles, cabinet work, etc.
1832G. Bennett in Lambert Genus Pinus II. 190 (Morris) This is an unpublished species of Podocarpus, called Totara by the natives.1840J. S. Polack Mann. & Cust. N. Zealanders I. xx. 227 The totarra or red-pine.1860Donaldson Bush Lays 38 A ponderous totara down on them doth bear.1872A. Domett Ranolf vi. i. 107 One lone totára-tree that grew Beneath the hill-side.1892E. Reeves Homeward Bound 73 Totara piles immersed in salt water for forty years have been taken up at Wellington sound as the day they were put down.
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