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‖ toi-toi|ˈtɔɪtɔɪ, ˈtɔetɔe|
Also toe-toe, tohi, toi.
[Maori.]
The native name for various tall reed-like grasses of the genus Arundo, esp. A. conspicua, natives of New Zealand.
1843in A. Domett Collect. Ord. (1850) (Morris), Every building constructed wholly or in part of raupo, nikau, toi⁓toi, wiwi kakaho, straw or thatch of any description. 1867M. A. Barker Station Life N. Zealand xv. (1870) 110 Thatching it with Tohi, or swamp-grass. 189219th Cent. Sept. 409 The Toe-toe, which closely resembles pampas grass. 1907‘K. Mansfield’ Jrnl. Nov.–Dec. (1954) 23 A clump of toi-toi waving in the wind, and looking for all the world like a family of little girls drying their hair. 1957J. Frame Owls do Cry 13 The place was like a shell with gold tickle of toi-toi around its edges. 1981M. Gee Meg xxi. 244 Hedges of toi-toi and fields of fat spring grass. |