phormium

CIDE DICTIONARY

phormiumn. [NL. fr. Gr. a plaited mat, a kind of plant.].
     A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

phormium, n.
1 a liliaceous plant, Phormium tenax, yielding a leaf-fibre that is used commercially.
2 New Zealand flax.

Etymology
mod.L f. Gk phormion a species of plant

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