noun
a fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber
• Hypernyms: ↑natural fiber, ↑natural fibre
• Substance Holonyms: ↑ribbon tree, ↑ribbonwood, ↑Plagianthus regius, ↑Plagianthus betulinus
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nounUsage: usually capitalized N&Z
: a fiber from the bast of the ribbon tree
Useful english dictionary. 2012.