phormium
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of phormium
New Latin, from Greek phormos a basket (from a use for the fibres)
Example Sentences
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You may need to replant that hebe or phormium every few years.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2024
There are other plants in the truck: Pink stripe phormium.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Nicholas brought some of the seeds of the New Zealand phormium with him to England in 1815; but unfortunately they lost their vegetative properties during the voyage.
From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie
The more important fibres of this class are manila, sisal, phormium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
A friend of mine," says our correspondent, "a few years ago imported a quantity of the phormium, in the expectation that it would answer admirably for making cloth even of the finest fabric.
From John Rutherford, the White Chief by Craik, George Lillie
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