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TOETOE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toetoe mean?
• TOETOE (noun)
The noun TOETOE has 2 senses:
1. tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads
2. used by Maoris for thatching
Familiarity information: TOETOE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arundo richardii; Cortaderia richardii; plumed tussock; toe toe; toetoe
Hypernyms ("toetoe" is a kind of...):
grass (narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used by Maoris for thatching
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Arundo conspicua; Chionochloa conspicua; toetoe; toitoi
Hypernyms ("toetoe" is a kind of...):
reed (tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites)
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