New Zealand flax

noun

Plants native to New Zealand with fiber in the leaves which was formerly much used for rope and other purposes; Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi (syn. Phomium cookianum).

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Meanings

nounNew Zealand flax (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePlants native to New Zealand with fiber in the leaves which was formerly much used for rope and other purposes; Phormium tenax and Phormium colensoi (syn. Phomium cookianum).
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