Also taraire. [Maori name.] A timber tree of New Zealand, Beilschmiedia Tarairi, N.O. Lauraceæ: see quots.
1873. Catal. Vienna Exhib. (Morris), Tarairi. Used for most of the purposes for which sycamore is applied in Europe.
1883. J. Hector, Handbk. N. Zealand (1886), 106. Tarairi. A lofty forest tree, 60 ft. to 80 ft. high, with stout branches. Wood white, splits freely, but not much valued.
