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Grass tree   /græs tri/   Listen
Grass tree

noun
1.
Elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand.  Synonyms: cabbage tree, Cordyline australis.
2.
Any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins.  Synonym: Australian grass tree.
3.
Gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long.  Synonyms: Richea pandanifolia, tree heath.



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Words linked to "Grass tree" :   genus Cordyline, arborescent plant, Australian heath, cabbage tree, Cordyline, tree, Xanthorroea, Richea, genus Richea, genus Xanthorroea


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