VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / new zealand

Thesaurus: new zealand

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

newdefinitionzealanddefinitionbotdefinitionleavesdefinitionteadefinitionfiberdefinitiongroupdefinitionislandsdefinitionoceandefinitionpacificdefinitionsouthdefinitionAustraliadefinitioncordagedefinitiondistichousdefinitionfinedefinitionfurnishdefinitionherbdefinitionlikedefinitionliliaceousdefinitionlongdefinitionmyrtaceousdefinitionphormiumdefinitionshrubdefinitionstrongdefinitionsubstitutedefinitionsword-shapeddefinitiontalldefinitionvaluabledefinition

Definitions

  1. A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
  2. A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself. -- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.
  3. A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealandflax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), havingvery long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine,strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiberitself.-- New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermumscoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are usedas a substitute for tea.