单词 | kawaka |
释义 | kawakan. New Zealand. A New Zealand cedar, Libocedrus plumosa. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > conifers > cedar and allies > [noun] cedarc1000 cedar-treec1000 fir-cedar1601 white cedar1654 arbor vitae1664 Thuya1707 thuja1764 American arbor vitae1785 Honduras cedar1799 Cedrela1832 kawaka1832 deodar1842 stinking cedar1866 stinking yew1866 Alaska cedar1874 1832 G. Bennett in London Med. Gaz. 7 Jan. 506/2 A tree of the Natural Family Coniferæ, collected without..flower or fruit: it is named Káwaka by the natives of New Zealand, attaining the height of from 60 to 70 feet... The natives informed me that it derived the name Káwaka from the branches growing out regularly on each side of the tree. 1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders II. 261 The Kawaka grows to the height of thirty feet. 1855 R. Taylor Te Ika a Maui 440 Kawaka, koaka (dacrydium plumosum). This tree grows in large quantities on the central plains; the wood is of a very dark red grain, and is said to be as durable as the totara. 1906 T. F. Cheeseman Man. N.Z. Flora 647 Kawaka; New Zealand Arbor-vitæ. Wood dark-red, beautifully grained, said to be durable, but on account of its scarcity little used. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. II. 208/2 Kawaka occurs in lowland forest from Northland to the centre of the North Island and again in the north-west tip of the South Island. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1832 |
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