what does alpine totara mean?

ALPINE TOTARA as NOUN

Meaning
- low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains
Synonym(s)
- Podocarpus nivalis (what does Podocarpus nivalis mean?)
Hypernyms(s) alpine totara is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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