| Noun | 1. | tar-wood - New Zealand shrub genus Halocarpus, Halocarpus - dioecious trees or shrubs of New Zealand; similar in habit to Dacrydium conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |
| 2. | tar-wood - New Zealand silver pine of conical habit with long slender flexuous branches; adapted to cold wet summers and high altitudes Dacrydium, genus Dacrydium - Australasian evergreen trees or shrubs conifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |