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Definition of Dacrydium
1. Noun. Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs.
Generic synonyms: Gymnosperm Genus
Group relationships: Family Podocarpaceae, Podocarpaceae, Podocarpus Family
Member holonyms: Dacrydium Cupressinum, Imou Pine, Red Pine, Rimu, Dacrydium Colensoi, Tar-wood, Tarwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dacrydium
Literary usage of Dacrydium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von ( Mueller (1884)
"... Dacrydium cupressinum, Solander. New Zealand. Native name, Rimu; the Red Fine
of the colonists. This stately tree attains the height of 200 feet, ..."
2. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"Dacrydium Colensoi ' (Fig. 348, I-III) has flowers which are no longer sharply
limited. On a branch which may subsequently elongate vegetatively' some ..."
3. Observations of a Naturalist in the Pacific Between 1896 and 1899 by Henry Brougham Guppy (1906)
"... Coprosma, Astelia, Vaccinium, Nertera depressa.—The Fijian Coniferae.—Dammara,
Podocarpus, Dacrydium.— Not belonging to the present ..."
4. A Manual of Indian Timbers: An Account of the Growth, Distribution, and Uses by James Sykes Gamble (1902)
"... Dacrydium, Taxus, Cedrus, Picea. With resin-ducts. Pinus, Tsuga, Abies, Larix,
those in Tsuga and Abies being sometimes very scanty or absent. ..."
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