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Australian grass tree

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Australian grass tree

1
n
any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
2
n
stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Australian grass tree
1

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

Synonyms:
grass tree
Type of:
arborescent plant
having the shape or characteristics of a tree
2

n stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers

Synonyms:
Richea dracophylla
Type of:
Australian heath
any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region
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