Rata

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A tree of New Zealand, Metrosideros robusta, growing from 60 to 80 feet high, the wood of which is used in cabinet-work, and in civil and naval architecture.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Any of various New Zealand plants of the genus Metrosideros, yielding a hard dark red wood.
  • noun. The mangosteen tree Garcinia dulcis of Indonesia.
  • Word Usage
    "In which case it might be better called rata-twee."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    atta  data  matta  schemata  strata  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts