New-Zēa'land Flāx'
(Bot.) (a.) A plant (the Phormium tenax) the leaf of which furnishes a fine, strong fiber, very valuable for cordage, and the like. (b.) The fiber itself.
(Bot.) (a.) A plant (the Phormium tenax) the leaf of which furnishes a fine, strong fiber, very valuable for cordage, and the like. (b.) The fiber itself.