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grass tree

DEFINITIONS OF: grass tree

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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

Synonyms:
Cordyline australis, cabbage tree
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n 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
Type of:
arborescent plant
having the shape or characteristics of a tree

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

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