ribbonwood
1. 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 • Syn: lacebark, houhere, Hoheria populnea • Hypernyms: tree • Member Holonyms: Hoheria, genus Hoheria 2. deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton • Syn: ribbon tree, Plagianthus regius, Plagianthus betulinus • Hypernyms: tree • Member Holonyms: Plagianthus, genus Plagianthus • Substance Meronyms: New Zealand cotton
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