tar-wood

• Nom désignant un arbuste néo-zélandais ou un pin argenté de Nouvelle-Zélande, un conifère à longues branches fines et flexibles, adapté aux étés froids et humides et à l'altitude.

A noun referring to a New Zealand shrub or the New Zealand silver pine, a conifer with long slender flexuous branches adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes.

1. New Zealand shrubC1formal

   A shrub native to New Zealand, known for its tar-like wood or resin.

   Dacrydium colensoi

   • The tar-wood shrub is commonly found in the mountainous regions of New Zealand.
   • Hikers often encounter tar-wood along the trails in the South Island.
   • The resin from tar-wood was historically used by Māori for various purposes.

2. New Zealand silver pineC1formal

   A coniferous tree (Manoao colensoi) with a conical shape, long slender flexible branches, adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes.

   Manoao de Colenso

   • The tar-wood, or silver pine, thrives in the alpine zones of New Zealand.
   • Its long, flexible branches allow the tar-wood to withstand heavy snowfall.
   • Conservationists are studying the tar-wood's adaptation to cold, wet climates.

   Synonymessilver pinetarwood