kaiwhiria

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

n.


Maori name for New Zealand tree, Hedycarya dentata, Forst., N.O. Monimiaceae.Porokaiwhiri is the fuller name of the tree.

1883. /J./ Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 129

«Kaiwhiria, a small evergreen tree, twenty to thirty feet high;the wood is finely marked and suitable for veneering.»