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Webster 1913 Edition


Ribbonwood

Rib′bon-woodˊ

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

Definition 2024


ribbonwood

ribbonwood

English

Noun

ribbonwood (plural ribbonwoods)

  1. Various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthius.
  2. Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico. Also called redshanks