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单词 flax roots
释义

flax roots

plural noun NZ
Ordinary Maori people in society or an organization: there is a gap to bridge between tribal elites and the flax roots of Maoridom [as modifier]: these solutions have come from the people, at the flax roots level...
  • Her return to Meridian is a return to flax roots.
  • I wonder how this is going to go down at the flaxroots.
  • The community's vision reflected a "flaxroots middle ground" which accepted more intensive housing and reasonable growth.

Origin

1960s: from flax + root1, on the model of grass roots, alluding to the importance of flax in Maori culture.

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