totoran.
/təʊˈtɔːra/ A perennial bulrush, Scirpus totora, native to alpine lakes in Peru and Bolivia. Also attributive.
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totora1936
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1936 Discovery Dec. 372/2 The ‘totora’..is still used by the Indians of Lake Titicaca to make nets and cordage.
1958 A. Toynbee East to West vi. 17 The cattle wade out, breast-deep, to crop the tender shoots of the totóra reed.
1971 P. Crampton tr. T. Heyerdahl Ra Exped. vi. 110 I knew that the totora reed in America was capable of long sea voyages.
1974 T. Morrison Land above Clouds 142 For centuries, the Indians around Titicaca have used the Totora for making their reed boats.
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