New Zealand cotton

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-007132",
  "term": "New Zealand cotton",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A soft bast fiber from the inner bark of the New Zealand ribbonwood tree, Plagianthus regius (formerly P. betulinus), which resembles cotton in appearance. It is not true cotton, which comes from Gossypium seed hairs, and it differs from New Zealand flax, Phormium tenax, known in Maori as harakeke.",
  "subject": "Textile production",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Neuseeländische Baumwolle",
    "es": "algodón de Nueva Zelanda",
    "fr": "coton de Nouvelle-Zélande"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/new-zealand-cotton/"
}