pahautea

Questions about pahautea

What does pahautea mean?

pahautea means "evergreen tree of New Zealand resembling the kawaka".

How many syllables are in pahautea?

pahautea has 4 syllables and divides as pa-ha-u-tea under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pahautea?

Close synonyms include Libocedrus bidwillii, mountain pine. 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 pahautea a common word?

pahautea 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.