totara.
Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
Meaning & usage
Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
Other species of genus Podocarpus.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Māori tōtara, from Proto-Polynesian *tara (“barb, prong”), from Proto-Oceanic *tala, referring to its mature leaves which resemble spines of the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).
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