Definitions
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- noun New Zealand shrub
- noun New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes
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Examples
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King Hake of Sweden cuts and slashes in battle, as long as he can stand, then orders his war-ship, loaded with his dead men and their weapons, to be taken out to sea, the tiller shipped, and the sails spread; being left alone, he sets fire to some tar-wood, and lies down contented on deck.
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