'Hoheria populnea' definitions:
Definition of 'Hoheria populnea'
(from WordNet)
noun
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 [syn: lacebark, ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea]
Definition of 'Hoheria populnea'
From: GCIDE
- houhere \houhere\ n. A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
- Syn: lacebark, ribbonwood, Hoheria populnea. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Hoheria populnea'
From: GCIDE
- houhere \houhere\ n. A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
- Syn: lacebark, ribbonwood, Hoheria populnea. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Hoheria populnea'
From: GCIDE
- lacebark \lacebark\ n. A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
- Syn: ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Hoheria populnea'
From: GCIDE
- lacebark \lacebark\ n. A small tree or shrub (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage.
- Syn: ribbonwood, houhere, Hoheria populnea. [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Hoheria populnea'
From: GCIDE
- Ribbonwood \Rib"bon*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A malvaceous tree (Hoheria populnea) of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage. [1913 Webster]