¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Manoao
1. a shrub of the heath group [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manoao
Literary usage of Manoao
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1899)
"NORTHERN manoao (Dacrydium kirkii), P. Mueller; ... The manoao of the North Island
is a ... SOUTHERN manoao (Dacrydium ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"manoao, n. Maori name for a New Zealand tree, Yellow-pine, Dacrydium colensoi,
Hook., ... 192 : " The wood of the manoao is of a light-brown colour. ..."
3. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1891)
"The "manoao." A pyramidal tree, attaining t-0 feet in height ; stem-diameter to
4 feet. Timber of a reddish colour and extreme durability [Professor ..."
4. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"Mutiler, the manoao of N. Zealand, a pyramidal tree, attaining 80 feet in height,
has a reddish-coloured timber. —Jam. Ed. Jour. 1825, xiii. p. ..."
5. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"W 70-5. Light- coloured, red or brown-red at the centre, with darker zones, often
nearly black, very heavy, hard, close-grained, tough and durable. manoao. ..."
6. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"... a channel of a brook or river; the material heart ; kumano, the head of a
watercourse ; a fountain ; a brook. manoao, the name of a tree (Bot. ..."
7. A Handbook for Travellers in New Zealand: Auckland, the Hot Lake District by John Murray (Firm), F. W. Pennefather (1893)
"manoao, Yellow-pine.—A very ornamental tree, 20 ft. to 80 ft. high. Wood light
yellow. It is the most durable and strongest timber in NZ Posts of this wood ..."
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