New Zealand

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A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax a - (Bot.) 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. b - The fiber itself. New Zealand tea (Bot.) a myrtaceous shrub (Leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand and Australia, the leaves of which are used as a substitute for tea.

Noun	1.	New Zealand - an independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery
	2.	New Zealand - North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific

Auckland, British Commonwealth, capital of New Zealand, Christchurch, Commonwealth of Nations, Cook Strait, country, Kiwi, land, New Zealander, pom, pommy, returning officer, state, Wellington