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‖ rimu
[Native name.]
A tall evergreen tree of New Zealand (Dacrydium cupressinum), also called ‘red pine’. Also rimu-pine, rimu-tree.
1835W. Yate Acc. New Z. ii. (ed. 2) 40 Rimu... This elegant tree comes to its greatest perfection in shaded woods. 1843Dieffenbach Trav. New Z. I. xiv. 224 What..can be more delicate than the graceful rimu-pine with pendent branches? 1872A. Domett Ranolf vi. iii. 117 He lay couched in a rimu-tree one day. 1900Longman's Mag. Jan. 232 Feathery rimus, scraggy topped white pines, fern trees.
Add:2. The straight-grained wood of the rimu tree, which is reddish-brown when first cut but subsequently fades to a light brown figured with light and dark streaks, and which is used for furniture and interior fittings. Also attrib., made of this wood. Chiefly N.Z.
1851Illustr. Catal. Gt. Exhib. iv. 1001/2 Specimens of New Zealand furniture woods:—..Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum). 1875T. Laslett Timber & Timber Trees xxxviii. 308 The specific gravity of the Rimu, when seasoned, is about 678. 1934Archit. Rev. LXXVI. 70/2 Birch and hard maple from North America, rimu and matai from New Zealand..are all good flooring timbers and offer a very wide choice of colour and texture. 1970B. J. Rendle World Timbers III. 166 Being generally available in New Zealand in a wide range of sizes and usually free of defects, rimu is the most popular timber for building construction. 1977N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. 4–6/3 (Advt.), Licensed restaurant with attractive rimu panelling. 1984Metro (Auckland) Mar. 39/3 We walk..into the main chapel where 120 can be comfortably seated on rimu chairs. |