broad-leaf

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


a settlers' name for Griselinia littoralis, Raoul; Maori name, Paukatea.

1879. W. N. Blair, `Building Materials of Otago,' p. 155:

«There are few trees in the [Otago] bush so conspicuous or sowell known as the broad-leaf. . . . It grows to a height offifty or sixty feet, and a diameter of from three to six; thebark is coarse and fibrous, and the leaves a beautiful deepgreen of great brilliancy.»

1879. J. B. Armstrong, `Transactions of New ZealandInstitute,' vol. xii. Art. 49, p. 328:

«The broadleaf ( Griselinia littoralis) is abundant inthe district [of Banks' Peninsula], and produces a hard redwood of a durable nature.»

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p. 103:

«The rough trunks and limbs of the broadleaf.»

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