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Definition of Tanekaha
1. Noun. Medium tall celery pine of New Zealand.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tanekaha
Literary usage of Tanekaha
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand: Her Commerce and Resources by Gildroy W. Griffin (1884)
"tanekaha bark is a product peculiar to New Zealand ; it is found in no other ...
The tanekaha is a very handsome tree. It attains a height of 60 to 70 feet, ..."
2. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"... Pitch Pino by the colonists; native name, tanekaha. This tree attains a height
of 70 feet, with a straight stem of 3 feet in diameter, and furnishes a ..."
3. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1884)
"tanekaha bark is a product peculiar to New Zealand. It is found in no other
country in the world. During the last few years considerable quantities of it ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"(In New Zealand)— P. trichomanoides, Don. ; Maori name, tanekaha (qv); ...
and often also called tanekaha. ..."
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