Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

Yellow P.— <i>Dacrydium colensoi</i>, Hook.; Maori name, <i>Manoao</i> (q.v.).

1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' p. 180:

"The Green Forest . . . comprises myrtle, sassafras, celery-top pine, with a little stringy-bark."

1838. T. L. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' vol- i. p. 51.

"On the little hill beside the river hung pines (<i>Callitris pyramidalis</i>) in great abundance."

<hw>Piner</hw>, <i>n</i>. In Tasmania, a man employed in cutting Huon Pine.

1891. W. Tilley, `Wild West of Tasmania,' p. 43:

"The King River is only navigable for small craft . . . Piners' boats sometimes get in."

<hw>Pinkwood</hw>, <i>n</i>. a name for a Tasmanian wood of a pale reddish mahogany colour, <i>Eucryphia billardieri</i>, Sparrm., <i>N.O. Saxifrageae</i>,, and peculiar to Tasmania; also called <i>Leatherwood</i>; and for the <i>Wallaby- bush</i>, <i>Beyera viscosa</i>, Miq., <i>N.O. Euphorbiaceae</i>, common to all the colonies of Australasia.

<hw>Piopio</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a thrush of New Zealand, <i>Turnagra crassirostris</i>, Gmel. See <i>Thrush</i>.