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‖ towai|ˈtɔːwai|
Also towhai.
[Native Maori name. (Not to be confused with tawhai.)]
A large New Zealand timber tree, Weinmannia racemosa, N.O. Saxifragaceæ, also called by colonists black birch.
1845Wakefield Adv. N. Zealand II. 95 (Morris) Its banks..are covered almost wholly with the towai. This tree has very small dark leaves. It is used for ship-building, and is called by Englishmen the ‘black birch’. 1851Mrs. Wilson N. Zealand 43 The ake..and towai (Leiospermum racemosum) are almost equal, in point of colour, to rosewood. 1883J. Hector Handbk. N. Zealand 132 (Morris) Towhai, Kamahi. A large tree; trunk two to four feet in diameter, and fifty feet high. |