Definition of "rimu" [rimu]

• A large evergreen conifer native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum (noun)

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• "One scholarly urge to identify the biblical unicorn with the Assyrian aurochs springs from a similarity between the Assyrian word rimu and the Hebrew word re’em."
• "They prepare a piece of "rimu" (red pine) about three inches long, by an inch broad, and a quarter of an inch thick."
• "I had heard there were some issues with the rimu wood splitting due to the temperature extremes in the Canadian climate."