rimu

/ˈɹiːmuː/

rimu is the alternative form of limu.

Meaning of limu

limu (countable and uncountable, plural limus)

(Hawaii) Any of various kinds of edible algae, which form an important part of the traditional Hawaiian diet.
- The menu included chicken, roast pig, raw fish, seaweed, which Hawaiians called limu, roasted kukui nuts, and baked dog […]2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press, page 158

rimu (plural rimus or rimu)

A large evergreen conifer native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum.
- In the Western District, at the present time, there is a great deal of rimu forest (Fig. 38) and the rimu is particularly tall, but not of excessive girth.1928, Leonard Cockayne, The Vegetation of New Zealand, 2011 digitally printed edition, Cambridge University Press, page 164
- Leaving the kayaks at Onetahuti Beach, Maori for “to run along the sand,” we amble along the beach before climbing over a lush headland, dense with kawa kawa trees, rimu pine, silver ferns and flowering tea-trees, to view the sweeping beach in front of the Awaroa estuary.2009 January 31, Susan Gough Henly, “Paddling in New Zealand’s nirvana”, in Toronto Star

plural	rimus
plural	rimu

Borrowed from Māori rimu. Doublet of limu, from Hawaiian limu, which comes from the same source.

What does rimu mean?: Rimu means a large evergreen conifer native to New Zealand, Dacrydium cupressinum.
What is rimu the alternative form of?: Rimu is the alternative form of limu.
What part of speech is rimu?: Rimu is a noun.
How do you pronounce rimu?: Rimu is pronounced /ˈɹiːmuː/.
What is the plural of rimu?: The plural of rimu is rimus.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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