Phormium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phormium \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}.
     [1913 Webster]