Meaning of GRASS TREE
| Pronunciation: | | gras tree
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- [n] gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
- [n] any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
- [n] 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
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| | Synonyms: | | Australian grass tree, cabbage tree, Cordyline australis, Richea pandanifolia, tree heath |
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| | See Also: | | arborescent plant, Australian heath, Cordyline, genus Cordyline, genus Richea, genus Xanthorroea, Richea, tree, Xanthorroea | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Grass" tree"\ (Bot.)
(a) An Australian plant of the genus {Xanthorrh[oe]a}, 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}.
(b) A similar Australian plant ({Kingia australis}).
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