ribbonwood

1. 1.

   deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton

   Synonymsribbon treePlagianthus regiusPlagianthus betulinus

   Broadertree

   Part ofPlagianthus
2. 2.

   small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage

   SynonymslacebarkhouhereHoheria populnea

   Broadertree

   Part ofHoheria

Other forms of ribbonwood

plural

ribbonwoods·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ribbonwood

What does ribbonwood mean?

ribbonwood means "deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ribbonwood?

ribbonwood has 3 syllables: rib-bon-wood. The stress falls on "rib".

What is another word for ribbonwood?

Close synonyms include ribbon tree, Plagianthus regius, Plagianthus betulinus, lacebark, houhere. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ribbonwood a common word?

ribbonwood is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.