kahikatea

Questions about kahikatea

What does kahikatea mean?

kahikatea means "New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood".

How many syllables are in kahikatea?

kahikatea has 5 syllables: ka-hi-ka-te-a. The stress falls on "ka".

What is another word for kahikatea?

Close synonyms include New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Podocarpus dacrydioides. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kahikatea a common word?

kahikatea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.