Usually means: New Zealand native flax plant.
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  1. Phormium tenax: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Phormium tenax: Dictionary.com
  3. Phormium tenax: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. Phormium tenax, Phormium tenax, Phormium tenax, Phormium tenax, Phormium tenax, Phormium tenax: Botanical Name listing of Plants
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Phormium tenax)

noun:  (called flax in New Zealand English; in Māori; New Zealand flax outside New Zealand; and New Zealand hemp in historical nautical contexts) an evergreen perennial plant native to New Zealand and Norfolk Island that is an important fibre plant and a popular ornamental plant.


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