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‖ kahikatea|ˈkahikatea|
Also kaikaterre, kakaterra.
[Maori.]
A New Zealand tree, Podocarpus dacrydioides, family Coniferæ (or Taxaceæ); called by the colonists white pine. Also attrib.
1823Cruise Ten Months N. Zeal. 145 (Morris s.v. Kauri) The timber purveyor of the Coromandel having given cowry a decided preference to kaikaterre. 1875T. Laslett Timber 304 (Morris) The kahikatea or kakaterra-tree. 1876W. Blair in Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. IX. x. 160 (ibid.) This timber is known in all the provinces, except Otago, by the native name of ‘Kahikatea’. |