Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rata"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rata \Ra"ta\, n. [Maori.] (Bot.)
A New Zealand forest tree ({Metrosideros robusta}), also, its
hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war
clubs.
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