1. (noun) maire - tall forest trees of several species.

1. (verb) to sing.

1. (noun) horn (of cattle, etc.), antler.

1. (noun) white maire, Nestegis lanceolata - tree to 15 m tall with a trunk to 1 m in diameter and greyish white bark. Leaves are darkish green but more slender than maire rau nui. Timber is durable and hard so was used for kō (digging sticks) and other tools.

1. (noun) black maire, Nestegis cunninghamii - a tall handsome canopy tree growing up to 23 m high with a stout, straight trunk. Now found only in isolated North Island forests. The long leaves are leathery, but smaller in adult trees. Wood is heavy, dark brown, often streaked with black, and very hard. The bark is rough and corky. Red (sometimes yellow) fruits are profuse, giving the tree a bright yellow glow.

1. (noun) swamp maire, Syzygium maire - a tree of swampy forests with a smooth-barked trunk, red berries and elliptic-oblong leaves tapering at each end and in pairs.

1. (noun) narrow-leaved maire, Nestegis montana - a many-branched, round-headed tree 10-15 m high with slender branches. Leaves are shiny, narrow and leathery. The trunk is usually short. Found from sea-level to 600 m in forests of the North Island and the northern South Island. Also known as maire rōroro.

1. (noun) narrow-leaved maire, Nestegis montana - a many-branched, round-headed tree 10-15 m high with slender branches. Leaves are shiny, narrow and leathery. The trunk is usually short. Found from sea-level to 600 m in forests of the North Island and the northern South Island. Also known as maire kōtae.

1. A wedge of maire (which was used to split timber: said of an individual or group who although small can overcome a great task or larger group.

1. (noun) house set apart for the instruction in sacred lore – especially the lore related to te kete tūātea, to karakia and mākutu. Sometimes as one word, i.e. wharemaire.

1. (noun) New Zealand sandalwood, Mida salicifolia - slender tree of lowland or lower montane forest, up to 6 m tall. Leaves are slender, leathery and somewhat glossy above. Fruit is narrow and bright red.

1. A maire which stands within the overgrowth unhindered by other trees around it.

1. (noun) method of conducting a fight.

1. (noun) swamp maire, Syzygium maire - a tree of swampy forests with a smooth-barked trunk, red berries and elliptic-oblong leaves tapering at each end and in pairs.

1. (noun) tāwari, Ixerba brexioides - endemic bushy tree with narrow, thick, leathery, shiny leaves and widely separated blunt teeth. The starry white flowers have five petals, each with a prominent stamen. Found in forests in the northern North Island.

1. (noun) puka, Meryta sinclairii - a tree with large, shiny, leathery leaves found in warm climates and native to the Three Kings Islands and on the Hen and Chicken Islands. Fruit black and succulent. It is common as a garden tree in warmer parts of Aotearoa/New Zealand.

1. (personal name) Gilbert Mair (1843-1923) - Pākehā soldier and public servant who could speak Māori. Took part in many campaigns between 1867 and 1872 leading Te Arawa soldiers against Pai Marire followers, Waikato iwi and Te Kooti.

1. (loan) (personal name) Mair.

1. (noun) white mistletoe, Tupeia antarctica - a hemiparasitic shrub with broad to narrow leaves. Flowers yellow or yellow-green and fruit white to pink, often speckled darker pink. Found particularly on tarata, maire raunui and whauwhaupaku.

1. (noun) supplejack, Ripogonum scandens - a high-climbing, woody native plant with tough pliant stems used in the construction of hīnaki, etc. Longish leaves are opposite, toothless, with obvious lengthwise parallel veins and the round fruit bright red. Stem is usually finger-thick, smooth and almost black.