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‖ manoao|ˈmanɔaɔ| Also monoao. [Maori.] A New Zealand evergreen tree, Dacrydium kirkii, of the family Podocarpaceæ; formerly applied to another species of Dacrydium, D. colensoi; also called silver pine.
1867J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 766/1 Manoao, Dacrydium Colensoi. 1889T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 191 (heading) The manoao. Ibid. 192 The wood of the manaoa [sic] is of a light-brown colour. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Feb. 115/2 The open pumice country, clothed in a tangled mass of manuka and manoao. 1951Post-Primary School Bulletin (Wellington, N.Z.) V. xii. 274 The manoao (Dacrydium kirkii)—a tree related to the rimu but having its young leaves more than an inch long and its old leaves only an eighth of an inch long. 1963Poole & Adams Trees & Shrubs N.Z. 26 Monoao. Tree reaching 25m. Bark light brown. |