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Definition of Pahautea
1. Noun. Evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka.
Generic synonyms: Cedar, Cedar Tree
Group relationships: Genus Libocedrus, Libocedrus
Definition of Pahautea
1. Noun. (NZ) A New Zealand tree, ''Libocedrus bidwillii''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pahautea
Literary usage of Pahautea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"123: " pahautea, Cedar. A handsome conical tree sixty to eighty feel high, two
to three feet in diameter. In Otago it produces a dark-red, free- working ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"123: " pahautea, Cedar. A handsome conical tree sixty to eighty feet high, two
to three feet in diameter. In Otago it produces a dark-reel, free- working ..."
3. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1917)
"Some time afterwards he went to one of his dwelling places called pahautea.
[A piece of bush on the south side of the Napier-Taupo road, and on the Taupo ..."
4. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1908)
"Good samples of the wood fetch £10 per ton in London, or 4s.—4s. 6d. per cubic foot.
pahautea. See Cedar, New Zealand. ..."
5. Wood: A Manual of the Natural History and Industrial Applications of the by George Simonds Boulger (1902)
"... in India for gun-carriages and furniture; and is recommended as a Teak-
substitute for railway carriages. pahautea. See Cedar, New Zealand. ..."
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