TOETOE

toetoe, toitoi, Arundo conspicua, Chionochloa conspicua

(noun) used by Maoris for thatching

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

toetoe

(NZ) Certain grasses native to New Zealand

Any of the genus Austroderia

Grass of the species Gahnia setifolia

Grass of the species Cyperus ustulatus

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.

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