‖ tanekaha
(tɑːneˈkaha)
Also tana-.
[Native Maori name.]
A New Zealand conifer, the Celery-topped Pine, Phyllocladus trichomanoides.
| 1875 T. Laslett Timber Trees xxxviii. 306 The Tanakaha Tree..is found scattered over a large portion of the northern island of New Zealand. 1883 J. Hector Handbk. N. Zealand (1886) 101 Tanekaha, Celery-leaved Pine. A slender, handsome tree, 60 ft. high. |