new zealand

2 definitions found

new zealand - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

new zealand - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  New Zealand
      n 1: an independent country within the British Commonwealth;
           achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907;
           known for sheep and spectacular scenery
      2: North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in
         the South Pacific [syn: New Zealand, New Zealand Islands]