manoao

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

n.


Maori name for a New Zealand tree,Yellow-pine, Dacrydium colensoi, Hook., N.O. Coniferae.

1889. T. Kirk, `Forest Flora of New Zealand,' p. 192:

«The wood of the manoao is of a light-brown colour.»