grass tree

1. (noun) any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
Synonyms: Australian grass tree
Related Words: arborescent plant

2. (noun) gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
Synonyms: Richea pandanifolia, tree heath
Related Words: Australian heath

3. (noun) 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: Cordyline australis, cabbage tree
Related Words: tree



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