rimu

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See also: rìmù

English

A full-grown rimu

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori rimu.

Pronunciation

Noun

rimu (plural rimus or rimu)

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Polynesian *rimu, from Proto-Oceanic *limut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *limut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *limut, doublet of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lumut (compare Malay lumut).

Noun

rimu

  1. moss (plants of the division Bryophyta)
  2. a large tree native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum; see English rimu.