Home › Words › H › harakekeharakekeharakeke means new Zealand flax, Phormium tenax.EtymologyBorrowed from Māori harakeke.nounNew Zealand flax, Phormium tenaxDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.phormium 74% match — Any plant in the genus Phormium, New Zealand flax. vs harakeke →flaxbush 72% match — A bush of genus Phormium, bearing New Zealand flax. vs harakeke →whau 60% match — Entelea arborescens, a malvaceous tree endemic to New Zealand. vs harakeke →kakaho 59% match — A reed (Chionochloa conspicua), native to New Zealand. vs harakeke →kaikomako 59% match — Pennantia baylisiana, a rare tree of New Zealand. vs harakeke →rengarenga 59% match — Arthropodium cirratum, a herbaceous perennial plant endemic to New Zealand. vs harakeke →kamahi 59% match — A New Zealand tree Weinmannia racemosa vs harakeke →kawaka 57% match — A New Zealand tree, Libocedrus plumosa. vs harakeke →