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RIBBON TREE

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Meaning:

Deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton

Synonyms:

Plagianthus betulinus; Plagianthus regius; ribbon tree; ribbonwood

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ribbon tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (substance of "ribbon tree"):

New Zealand cotton (a fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber)

Holonyms ("ribbon tree" is a member of...):

genus Plagianthus; Plagianthus (small genus of shrubs and trees of Australia and New Zealand)

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