RIBBONWOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ribbonwood mean? 

• RIBBONWOOD (noun)
  The noun RIBBONWOOD has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: RIBBONWOOD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIBBONWOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Plagianthus betulinus; Plagianthus regius; ribbon tree; ribbonwood

Hypernyms ("ribbonwood" 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 "ribbonwood"):

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

Holonyms ("ribbonwood" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hoheria populnea; houhere; lacebark; ribbonwood

Hypernyms ("ribbonwood" 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)

Holonyms ("ribbonwood" is a member of...):

genus Hoheria; Hoheria (small genus of shrubs and small trees of New Zealand: lacebarks)