TOETOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toetoe mean? 

• TOETOE (noun)
  The noun TOETOE has 2 senses:

1. tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads

2. used by Maoris for thatching

  Familiarity information: TOETOE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOETOE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arundo richardii; Cortaderia richardii; plumed tussock; toe toe; toetoe

Hypernyms ("toetoe" is a kind of...):

grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Used by Maoris for thatching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arundo conspicua; Chionochloa conspicua; toetoe; toitoi

Hypernyms ("toetoe" is a kind of...):

reed (tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites)