ribbonwood

English

Etymology

From ribbon +‎ wood

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Noun

ribbonwood (countable and uncountable, plural ribbonwoods)

  1. Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus
    1. especially, North Island lacebark (Hoheria populnea)
  2. Redshanks, ribbon bush, a plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.

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