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KAHIKATEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kahikatea mean?
• KAHIKATEA (noun)
The noun KAHIKATEA has 1 sense:
1. New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
Familiarity information: KAHIKATEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides; kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; New Zealand white pine; Podocarpus dacrydioides
Hypernyms ("kahikatea" is a kind of...):
conifer; coniferous tree (any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones)
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