Queensland grass-cloth plant

Queensland grass-cloth plant
noun
Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth
Syn: ↑Pipturus argenteus
Hypernyms: ↑woody plant, ↑ligneous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Pipturus, ↑genus Pipturus

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized Q
: an Australian plant (Pipturus argenteus) whose fiber is used in making cloth

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