Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coniferous tree of New Zealand, Podocarpus spicata, with a pale or reddish soft durable wood.
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- noun A
Samoan chief . - noun A
coniferous tree,Prumnopitys taxifolia , endemic toNew Zealand .
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- noun conifer of Australia and New Zealand
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tupua Tamasese Efi said the chiefs and traditional orators - "matai" - of his village had stripped him of the ancient kingly title of "Tui Atua", and banished him along with his extended family.
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Toleafoa is a Samoan matai chiefly title bestowed upon his eminence by the local authorities, presumably for helping them build a stadium without sinking them into a huge pile of debt a la South Africa 2010.
Which stadiums are home to the most champions? John Ashdown 2010
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The uniform canopy is dominated by broadleaf species, mainly kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa) and tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), with some emergent podocarps (e.g., rimu and matai).
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The foothills from north to south were covered in beech forest (Nothofagus spp.), while the plains were covered with mixed beech-podocarp forest dominated by matai (Prumnoptitys taxifolia) and totara (Podocarpus totara).
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Jack got in touch with the matai of the family that owned it and arranged to lease it.
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Chinese water chestnut or matai, a paddy crop of China.
Chapter 13 1987
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Cultural studies with matai (Chinese water chestnut).
Chapter 13 1987
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The introduction into the United States and the culture of Eleocharis dulcis, the matai of China.
Chapter 13 1987
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Ang dugong totoo nang atin panginoon Jesuchristo, capara niun nabohos sa cruz nang na matai siya.
Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951
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Ipanalangin sa dios ang nabubuhai at ang nanga matai na christiano.
Doctrina Christiana The first book printed in the Philippines, Manila, 1593. Anonymous 1951
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