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totora|təʊˈtɔəra|
[a. Quechua, Aymara.]
A perennial bulrush, Scirpus totora, native to alpine lakes in Peru and Bolivia. Also attrib.
1936Discovery Dec. 372/2 The ‘totora’..is still used by the Indians of Lake Titicaca to make nets and cordage. 1958A. Toynbee East to West vi. 17 The cattle wade out, breast-deep, to crop the tender shoots of the totóra reed. 1971P. Crampton tr. Heyerdahl's Ra Exped. vi. 110, I knew that the totora reed in America was capable of long sea voyages. 1974T. Morrison Land above Clouds 142 For centuries, the Indians around Titicaca have used the Totora for making their reed boats. |
