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    RIBBON TREE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Plagianthus betulinus; Plagianthus regius; ribbon tree; ribbonwood

    Classified under:

    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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