flax-bush

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


the bush of the New ZealandFlax.

1854. W. Golder, `Pigeons' Parliament,' Intro. p. v:

«I had . . . to pass a night . . . under the shadeof a flax-bush.»

1872. A. Domett, `Ranolf,' x. 4, p. 171:

«And the louder flax-bushes

With their crowding and crossing

Black stems, darkly studded

With blossoms red-blooded.»

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