TOTARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does totara mean? 

• TOTARA (noun)
  The noun TOTARA has 1 sense:

1. valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves

  Familiarity information: TOTARA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOTARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Podocarpus totara; totara

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

conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)

Holonyms ("totara" is a member of...):

genus Podocarpus; Podocarpus (evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae)