| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Flax-plant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FLAX-PLANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
