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Example sentences from the Web for rimuThe picturesque effect of the birches is remarkable, flanked by the massive outlines and drooping tassels of the rimu. Foot-prints of Travel|Maturin M. Ballou The Westland forest trees are mighty giants, and chief among them is the red pine or "rimu," as the Maoris call it. By Forest Ways in New Zealand|F. A. Roberts Then there is the Rimu which, when the bark is stripped off, is found to be of a blood red inside. Forty Thousand Miles Over Land and Water|Lady (Ethel Gwendoline [Moffatt]) Vincent They prepare a piece of "rimu" (red pine) about three inches long, by an inch broad, and a quarter of an inch thick. The Cruise of the Cachalot|Frank T. Bullen
nounanother name for red pine Word Origin for rimufrom Māori Words nearby rimuRimouski, rimple, rimrock, Rimsky-Korsakov, rimstone, rimu, rimula, rimy, rin, Rina, rinceau Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |