flax-lily

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

n.


1) An Australian fibre plant, Dianella laevis, var. aspera, R. Br., N.O. Liliaceae. (2) Phormium tenax. See Flax, New Zealand.

1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p. 621:

«Flax-lily. The fibre is strong, and of a silky texture.

The aboriginals formerly used it for making baskets, etc.

All the colonies except Western Australia.»

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