'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]
Words containing 'New Zealand'
- new zealander,
- New Zealand flax,
- New Zealand laurel,
- New Zealand sassafras,
- New Zealand spinach,
- New Zealand tea,
- capital of new zealand,
- new zealand beech,
- new zealand cotton,
- new zealand dacryberry,
- new zealand daisybush,
- new zealand dollar,
- new zealand honeysuckle,
- new zealand islands,
- new zealand wren,
- new zealand mountain pine,
- new zealand white pine,
- new zealand wine berry