'Leptospermum scoparium' definitions:

Definition of 'Leptospermum scoparium'

From: GCIDE
  • New Zealand \New` Zea"land\ A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. [1913 Webster]
  • New Zealand flax. (a) (Bot.) A tall, liliaceous herb (Phormium tenax), having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. (b) The fiber itself.
  • New Zealand tea (Bot.), a myrtaceous shrub ({Leptospermum scoparium}) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea. [1913 Webster]