(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:58:29

Phor"mi*um (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. a plaited mat, a kind of plant.] Bot.

A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.

 

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