Word Meanings - RIBBONWOOD - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A malvaceous tree of New Zealand, the bark of which is used for cordage.

WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
MALVACEOUS
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants , of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and abutilon are of this order, and the baobab and the silk-cotton trees are now referred to it.
CORDAGE
Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.
NEW ZEALAND
A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean. New Zealand flax. A tall, liliaceous herb , having very long, sword-shaped, distichous leaves which furnish a fine, strong fiber very valuable for cordage and the like. The fiber itself. -- New