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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus countable, uncountable
2. 2
   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 wordnet
3. 3
   Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus; especially, North Island lacebark (Hoheria populnea) countable, uncountable
4. 4
   deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton wordnet
5. 5
   Redshanks, ribbon bush, a plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

hoheria populneahouherelacebarklacebarkplagianthus betulinusplagianthus regius

Etymology

From ribbon + wood

Related phrases

baja california

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