Noun: totara
- Valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves
"Totara wood was traditionally used by Maori for carving"; "Podocarpus totara wood was traditionally used by Maori for carving";
- Podocarpus totara
Derived forms: totaras
Type of: conifer, coniferous tree
Part of: genus Podocarpus, Podocarpus
Encyclopedia: Totara