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Australian grass tree

Definitions of Australian grass tree
  1. noun
    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
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    type of:
    arborescent plant
    having the shape or characteristics of a tree
  2. noun
    stout Australian shrub with narrow leaves crowded at ends of branches and terminal clusters of white or pink flowers
    synonyms: Richea dracophylla
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    type of:
    Australian heath
    any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region
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