matai

Questions about matai

What does matai mean?

matai means "conifer of Australia and New Zealand".

How many syllables are in matai?

matai has 2 syllables: ma-tai. The stress falls on "ma".

What is another word for matai?

Close synonyms include black pine, Prumnopitys taxifolia, Podocarpus spicata. 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 matai a common word?

matai is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.