toatoa N.Z.
(ˈtəʊəˌtəʊə)
[a. Maori.]
= celery pine s.v. celery 2.
| 1831 G. Bennett in London Med. Gaz. 12 Nov. 184/1 Toatoa, of the natives of New Zealand, is an unpublished species of Phyllocladus. 1845 E. J. Wakefield Adv. N.Z. II. 120 The toa toa..is much prized by the natives for walking-sticks. 1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants iii. 46 Confined to the north are..the toatoa (Phyllocladus glaucus) and some other trees. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 730/1 In the same forests are rimu, tanekaha..and, in places, toatoa. |