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NEW ZEALAND COTTON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does New Zealand cotton mean?
• NEW ZEALAND COTTON (noun)
The noun NEW ZEALAND COTTON has 1 sense:
1. a fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber
Familiarity information: NEW ZEALAND COTTON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("New Zealand cotton" is a kind of...):
natural fiber; natural fibre (fiber derived from plants or animals)
Holonyms ("New Zealand cotton" is a substance of...):
Plagianthus betulinus; Plagianthus regius; ribbon tree; ribbonwood (deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton)
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