'New Zealand' definitions:

Definition of 'New Zealand'

From: WordNet
noun
An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
noun
North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific [syn: New Zealand, New Zealand Islands]

Definition of 'New Zealand'

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]