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1. (n.) grass tree
any Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, lily family, having a stout woody stem bearing a tuft of grasslike leaves.
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1. (noun) cabbage tree, grass tree, Cordyline australis
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
2. (noun) grass tree, Australian grass tree
any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
3. (noun) tree heath, grass tree, Richea pandanifolia
gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
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1. grass tree
an Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides
2. grass tree
a similar Australian plant (Kingia australis)
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