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Definition of Kahikatea
1. Noun. New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood.
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
Definition of Kahikatea
1. Noun. ''Dacrycarpus dacrydioides'', a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kahikatea
Literary usage of Kahikatea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the by ANZAAS. (1905)
"The writer has examined an enormous number of specimens of worm-eaten kahikatea,
and has found that in every case starch is present. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"kahikatea, n. Maori name for a New Zealand tree, Podocarpus dacrydioides, ...
The kahikatea may be considered as nearly the loftiest tree in the New Zealand ..."
3. The Immigrants' Guide and Settler's Handbook by New Zealand Dept. of Lands and Survey (1906)
"Large portions of the forest consist chiefly of tawa, rimu, and kahikatea, which
are extensively converted throughout the district, the two former for ..."
4. Official Catalogue of the British Section by Great Britain (1876)
"In the kahikatea, or White Pine Forest, Westland. 45. An Hotel on the Gold Fields
... dacrydioides, kahikatea, White Pirn. 39. „ ditto var.Yellow Pine. 40. ..."
5. Timber and Timber Trees, Native and Foreign by Thomas Laslett (1894)
"The kahikatea yields timber 12 to 30 inches square, and 20 to 60 feet in length.
... The kahikatea is liable to be speedily attacked by a small worm. ..."
6. Te Ika a Maui: or, New Zealand and its inhabitants. Illustrating the origin by Richard Taylor (1855)
"... yet he eats the kahikatea.—We should not despise an enemy, however feeble he
may appear to be.—The kahikatea (Podocarpus ..."
7. Te Ika a Maui: Or, New Zealand and Its Inhabitants. Illustrating the Orgin by Richard Taylor (1870)
"... nana i kakati te kahikatea. Small and insignificant as the ... a grub, is,
yet he eats the kahikatea.—We should not despise an enemy ..."
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