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1. any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins

2. 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

3. gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long

1. : any of several Australian arborescent plants (genus Xanthorrhoea) that yield acaroid resins; especially : a plant (X. hastilis) with a short woody stem crowned by a crowded tuft of long leaves

2. : australian grass tree 2

3. : any of several Australasian trees with grasslike foliage: as

a. : a ti (Cordyline australis)

b. : lancewood

c. : a Tasmanian evergreen tree (Richea pandanifolia) with tapering slender leaves 3 to 5 feet long

any Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, of the lily family, having a stout, woody stem bearing a tuft of long grasslike leaves and a dense flower spike.

[1795-1805]

grass tree noun

An Australian plant (genus Xanthorrhoea) with shrubby stems, tufts of long wiry foliage at the summit, and a tall flower-stalk, with a dense cylindrical spike of small flowers

Main Entry: ↑grass

grass tree,

1. any one of various Australian plants of the lily family, having a stout, trunklike stem bearing a tuft of long, grasslike, wiry foliage and a tall flower stalk with a dense cylindrical spike of small flowers. Some species yield acaroid gum.

2. any one of various similar Australasian plants.