hi|na|u

hi|na|u «HEE nah oo, -now», noun.

1. an evergreen tree of New Zealand: »

Hinau, a small tree about fifty feet high and eighteen inches thick in stem, with brown bark which yields a permanent blue-black dye, used for tanning (J. Hector).

2. the wood of this tree.

╂[< Maori hinau]