1. Small tree or shrub of New Zealand having paper-white flowers and bark used for cordage
   "ribbonwood is prized for its delicate, lace-like inner bark";
   - lacebark, houhere, Hoheria populnea
    
2. Deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fibre that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton
   "The ribbonwood was traditionally used by Maori for making cordage";
   - ribbon tree, Plagianthus regius, Plagianthus betulinus

Derived forms: ribbonwoods

Type of: tree

Part of: genus Hoheria, genus Plagianthus, Hoheria, Plagianthus

Encyclopedia: Ribbonwood