grass tree

grass tree

n.

Any of several woody-stemmed Australian plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having stiff grasslike leaves, palmlike stems, and a spike of small white flowers.

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grass tree

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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called black boy any plant of the Australian genus Xanthorrhoea, having a woody stem, stiff grasslike leaves, and a spike of small white flowers: family Xanthorrhoeaceae. Some species produce fragrant resins Also called yacca, yacka See also acaroid gum

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar Australasian plants

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grass tree - 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 Cordyline australis, cabbage tree Cordyline, genus Cordyline - Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	grass tree - any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins Australian grass tree genus Xanthorroea, Xanthorroea - grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae arborescent plant - having the shape or characteristics of a tree
	3.	grass tree - gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long Richea pandanifolia, tree heath Australian heath - any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region genus Richea, Richea - evergreen trees or shrubs of mountains of Australia and Tasmania