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toitoi

toitoi is the alternative form of toetoe.

Meaning of toetoe

Noun

toetoe

  1. (New Zealand) Any of various tall grasses native to New Zealand, especially of the genus Austroderia.
    • I set out from Northcote towards Mr Sargeson's place in Takapuna, walking along the largely unformed road with paddocks of scrub and toetoe on either side […].1984, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 255

Questions about toitoi

What is toitoi the alternative form of?
Toitoi is the alternative form of toetoe.

Words near toitoi in the dictionary

  1. Toishanese
  2. toison
  3. toisons
  4. toit
  5. toitle
  6. toitoi
  7. toits
  8. toivel
  9. Tojo
  10. Tojolabal
  11. Tojos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toitoi (page history and authors); toetoe (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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