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MATAI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does matai mean?
• MATAI (noun)
The noun MATAI has 1 sense:
1. conifer of Australia and New Zealand
Familiarity information: MATAI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Conifer of Australia and New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
black pine; matai; Podocarpus spicata; Prumnopitys taxifolia
Hypernyms ("matai" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
Holonyms ("matai" is a member of...):
genus Prumnopitys; Prumnopitys (mostly dioecious evergreen conifers; leaves are softer than in Podocarpus)
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