new zealand

Noun
Synonyms: New ZealandNew Zealand Islands

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenerySynonyms: New Zealand
  2. North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South PacificSynonyms: New ZealandNew Zealand Islands
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

New Zealand \New` Zea"land\ A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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