New Zealand

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

Collocations (2)

New Zealand flax (Botany) , (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 (Botany) , a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.