Definition of "rimu" in Englisch

noun

1. Alternative form of limu (“edible algae”).

noun

1. A large evergreen conifer native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum.

   • 1928, Leonard Cockayne, The Vegetation of New Zealand, 2011 digitally printed edition, Cambridge University Press, page 164, In the Western District, at the present time, there is a great deal of rimu forest (Fig. 38) and the rimu is particularly tall, but not of excessive girth.