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单词 manoao
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manoaon.

Brit. /ˈmanəʊaʊ/, U.S. /ˈmænəˌwaʊ/, New Zealand English /ˈmʌnoʌo/, /ˈmʌnʌuæu/
Forms: 1800s manaoa, 1800s manawau, 1800s manoua, 1800s– manoao, 1900s– manoa, 1900s– monoao (irregular).
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori manoao.
Etymology: < Maori manoao (in both senses).The form monoao , which is frequent in sense (b), results from confusion with monoao n.
Either of two New Zealand coniferous trees of the family Podocarpaceae, both formerly assigned to the same genus, Dacrydium: (a) (originally) the silver pine, Lagarostrobos colensoi (now rare, perhaps obsolete); (b) (in later use) Halocarpus kirkii.
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1867 J. D. Hooker Handbk. N.Z. Flora II. 766/1 Manoao, Col. Dacrydium Colensoi.
1883 J. Hector Handbk. N.Z. (ed. 3) 124 Dacrydium colensoi... Manoao, Yellow-pine.—A very ornamental tree.
1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 191 (heading) The manoao.
1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 192 The wood of the manaoa [sic] is of a light-brown colour.
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1951 Post-Primary School Bull. (Wellington, N.Z.) 5 xii. 274 The manoao (Dacrydium kirkii)—a tree related to the rimu but having its young leaves more than an inch long and its old leaves only an eighth of an inch long.
1963 A. L. Poole & J. N. M. Adams Trees & Shrubs N.Z. 26 Dacrydium kirkii... Monoao. Tree reaching 25m. Bark light brown.
1988 J. Dawson Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks 40 A group of conifers formerly included in Dacrydium; silver pine..bog pine..H. biformis and manoao (H. kirkii).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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