Definitions for dacrycarpus dacrydioides
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1. kahikatea, New Zealand Dacryberry, New Zealand white pine, Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, Podocarpus dacrydioidesnoun

   New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood

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1. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

   Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, commonly known as kahikatea (from Māori) and white pine, is a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. A podocarp, it is New Zealand's tallest tree, gaining heights of 60 m and a life span of 600 years. It was first described botanically by the French botanist Achille Richard in 1832 as Podocarpus dacrydioides, and was given its current binomial name Dacrycarpus dacrydioides in 1969 by the American botanist David de Laubenfels. Analysis of DNA has confirmed its evolutionary relationship with other species in the genera Dacrycarpus and Dacrydium. In traditional Māori culture, it is an important source of timber for the building of waka and making of tools, of food in the form of its berries, and of dye. When Europeans discovered it in the 18th century they found large remnant stands in both the North and South Islands, despite burning of forest by early Māori. Its use for timber and its damp fertile habitat, ideal for dairy farming, have led to its decimation almost everywhere except South Westland. Kahikatea seeds have fleshy structures called receptacles attached to them, which encourage birds such as kererū and tūī to eat them and disperse the seeds. The water storage ability of this structures may also be to protect seeds from drying out. It supports many smaller plants in its own branches, which are called epiphytes; 100 different species have been recorded on one tree alone.

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1. dacrycarpus dacrydioides

   Dacrycarpus dacrydioides, commonly known as Kahikatea, is a coniferous tree species native to New Zealand. It's the tallest native tree and the second tallest tree species in New Zealand, reaching heights of up to 66.5 meters. Notable for its slender, straight trunk and light bark, it has small, narrow leaves and produces small cones. It thrives in swampy areas but can adapt to various types of soil conditions. Its wood, which is resistant to rot, has been commonly used in construction. The tree also produces small edible fruits.

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1. Dacrycarpus dacrydioides

   Dacrycarpus dacrydioides or kahikatea is a coniferous tree endemic to New Zealand. The tree grows to a height of 55 metres with a trunk exceeding 1 metre in diameter, and is buttressed at the base. It is dominant in lowland forest and wetlands throughout the North and South Islands. The leaves are spirally arranged; on young plants, they are awl-shaped, 3 to 8 mm long, and twisted at the base to lie spread to the sides of the shoot in a flat plane; on mature trees, they are scale-like, 1 to 3 mm long, and placed all round the shoot. The cones are highly modified, with the cone scales swelling at maturity into an orange to red, fleshy, aril with a single apical seed 3 to 5 mm in diameter. The seeds are dispersed by birds, which eat the fleshy scale and pass the seeds in their droppings. Before extensive logging, trees of 80 m height were known. A specimen in Pirongia Forest Park in the Waikato region is the tallest native tree in New Zealand at 66.5 metres. Tāne Mahuta, the famously large kauri tree, is 51.2 m. The tree was previously referred to by the misleading name "white pine", despite its not being a pine; the Māori name kahikatea is now more widely used.

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   The numerical value of dacrycarpus dacrydioides in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

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   The numerical value of dacrycarpus dacrydioides in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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