corkwood

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

n.


a New Zealand tree, Enteleaarborescens, R. Br., N.O. Tiliaceae. Maori name, Whau.

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 45:

«The whau . . . is termed corkwood by the settlers on accountof its light specific gravity.»

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