“Zealand”

The following 17 entries include the term Zealand.

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New Zealand beech

noun

: any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus some of which yield useful timber

New Zealand birch

noun

: new zealand beech

New Zealand blue cod

noun

: smoked Australian freshwater catfish

New Zealand bramble

noun

: a leafless prickly bramble (Rubus australis) of New Zealand that forms impenetrable thickets

New Zealand broom

noun

: a leguminous plant of the genus Carmichaelia (especially C. australis)

New Zealand bur

noun

: a creeping mat-forming New Zealand plant (Acaena microphylla) that is sometimes cultivated for its grayish to rosy bronze foliage and showy crimson spines

New Zealand cedar

noun

New Zealand cotton

noun

: a fiber from the bast of the ribbon tree

New Zealand flax

noun

: a tall New Zealand herb (Phormium tenax) having erect, sword-shaped leaves and scarlet or yellow flowers

New Zealand frog

noun

: a rare frog (Liopelma hochstetteri) peculiar to New Zealand and the only amphibian known from that region

New Zealand honeysuckle

noun

New Zealand pepper tree

noun

: an aromatic and pungent evergreen tree (Drimys axillaris) with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers succeeded by red berrylike drupes

New Zealand pigeon

noun

: kereru

New Zealand spinach

noun

: a coarse annual chiefly Australasian herb (Tetragonia expansa) of the family Aizoaceae used as a potherb

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