grass tree

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Definition of grass tree in English English dictionary

from the large trunks denuded and blackened by fire

An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhœa, 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

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

A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis)

These plants are often called "blackboys"

Any of several woody-stemmed Australian plants of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having stiff grasslike leaves, palmlike stems, and a spike of small white flowers

They yield two kinds of fragrant resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides

Related Terms

australian grass tree

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

Hyphenation

grass Tree

Turkish pronunciation

gräs tri

Pronunciation

/ˈgras ˈtrē/ /ˈɡræs ˈtriː/