zealand : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the capital of New Zealand
  Wellington.
  

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• 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
  New Zealand.
  

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New` Zea"land

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1. A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.

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• noun any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
  

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• noun a fiber from the bast of New Zealand ribbon trees that resembles cotton fiber
  

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• noun New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
  kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; Podocarpus dacrydioides; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.
  

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• noun bushy New Zealand shrub cultivated for its fragrant white flower heads
  Olearia haastii.
  

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• noun the basic unit of money in New Zealand
  

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• noun slender elegant tree of New Zealand having racemes of red flowers and yielding valuable mottled red timber
  rewa-rewa.
  

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• noun North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific
  New Zealand.
  

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• noun New Zealand shrub
  Halocarpus bidwilli; tarwood; Dacrydium bidwilli; tar-wood.
  

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• noun coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves
  Tetragonia expansa; Tetragonia tetragonioides.
  

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• noun New Zealand evergreen valued for its light easily worked wood
  kahikatea; New Zealand Dacryberry; Podocarpus dacrydioides; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides.
  

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• noun graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine
  makomako; wineberry; Aristotelia racemosa; Aristotelia serrata.
  

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• noun birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens
  

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