RIBBONWOOD

lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea

(noun) small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

ribbonwood (countable and uncountable, plural ribbonwoods)

Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus.

Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico. Also called redshanks

Source: Wiktionary

Rib"bon*wood`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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