ribbonwood \rib"bonwood`\, n. bot.
   a malvaceous tree hoheria populnea of new zealand, the
   bark of which is used for cordage.
   1913 webster
see also:
hoheria populnea 

ribbonwood
     n 1: deciduous new zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong
          fiber that resembles flax and is called new zealand
          cotton syn: ribbon tree, plagianthus regius, plagianthus
          betulinus
     2: small tree or shrub of new zealand having a profusion of
        axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and
        whose bark is used for cordage syn: lacebark, houhere,
         hoheria populnea
see also:
ribbon tree plagianthus regius plagianthus betulinus lacebark houhere hoheria populnea