matai
Definition of matai
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: an evergreen tree (Prumnopitys taxifolia synonym Podocarpus spicatus synonym Dacrydium taxifolium) of New Zealand that has dark brown bark often exfoliating in circular flakes, a purplish-black berrylike fruit, and hard, durable, yellow-brown to brown wood —called also black pine
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Origin and Etymology of matai
Maori
matai
Definition of matai
matais
ormatai
: a Samoan chief bearing a hereditary title who is head of an extended family or of a village
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Samoan
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