Definition of New zealand cotton

1. Noun. A fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber.


Lexicographical Neighbors of New Zealand Cotton

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New Zealand Dacryberry
New Zealand English
New Zealand Sign Language
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New Zealand cotton
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New Zealand dollar
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New Zealander
New Zealanders

Literary usage of New zealand cotton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"New Draperies—16th century English term for serges, bays, says, perpetu- anas, etc. (see each). new zealand cotton—Fine, ..."

2. The New Dictionary of Statistics: A Complement to the Fourth Edition of by Augustus Duncan Webb (1911)
"... COST OF LIVING «65 new zealand cotton Both wages and the prices of "necessary foods" have risen considerably in New Zealand during the past few years, ..."

3. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1855)
"... affords a demulcent drink used in medicine, and a cordage, whence the native name (Hou- Aeria), to bind or tie. , new zealand cotton, ..."

4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1890)
"... of this plant yields a very fine fiber, sometimes called New Zealand cotton, though more like flax than cotton; it is the Akaroa of the New Zealanders. ..."

5. Hand-book of the Economic Products of the Punjab: With a Combined Index and by Baden Henry Baden-Powell (1868)
"These two descriptions, together with the New Zealand cotton, were, owing to the want of space, planted in a part of the garden, very much shaded by trees, ..."

6. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"The inner bark of the young branches yields ia ven* fine tough fibre, sometimes called new zealand cotton, though more like flax ¡ than cotton : it is the ..."

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