D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

New Zealand

/noo͞-zē'lənd/ · New· Zea·land · IPA /nu ˈzi.lənd/
01 A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
  1. 1.
    A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean.
Phrases & compounds
New Zealand flax — 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.
New Zealand tea — a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.