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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 New Zea·land 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.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Phor·mi·um n.  Bot. A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flax-plant n. Bot. A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.
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