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noun
Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus
especially, North Island lacebark (Hoheria populnea)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Redshanks, ribbon bush, a plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lacebark, houhere, Hoheria populnea
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Broader terms: tree
noun
deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ribbon tree, Plagianthus regius, Plagianthus betulinus
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Broader terms: tree
History
From ribbon + wood
