2. (noun) New Zealand cedar, Libocedrus bidwillii - a tall native tree with a cone-shaped head of heavy, almost horizontally spreading branches. The trunk is without branches for some distance above the ground and has thin, parchment-like bark which falls in long strips.
See also kaikawaka
Synonyms: tōtara kiri kōtukutuku, kaikawaka, kawaka, mokopiko, kahikawaka
3. (noun) whalebone, baleen - plates of whalebone in the mouth of toothless whales for straining plankton from the water.
Synonyms: pāhau, hihi, hihi tohorā
