phormium
/ (ˈfɔːmɪəm) /
any plant of the New Zealand bulbous genus Phormium, with leathery evergreen leaves and red or yellow flowers in panicles
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How to use phormium in a sentence
The robes of New Zealand flax (phormium tenax), and especially the feather robes, evince their aptitude and taste.
New Zealand flax (phormium tenax), a kind of marsh hemp, yields a fibre used in making cordage.
Commercial Geography | Jacques W. RedwayThe slave girls stick unthreshed slips of the phormium tenax in their skirts, thus giving immoderate fulness to their bodies.
The Human Race | Louis FiguierIt contains a phormium tenax that I wouldn't lose on any account.
Major Vigoureux | A. T. Quiller-CouchThe more important fibres of this class are manila, sisal, phormium.
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