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grass tree

grass tree noun: any of various small trees of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae (especially of the genus Xanthorrhoea), having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grass-like leaves.

grass tree: any of various small trees of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae (especially of the genus Xanthorrhoea),...
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Noun

grass tree (plural grass trees)

  1. (Australia) Any of various small trees of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae (especially of the genus Xanthorrhoea), having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grass-like leaves.
    • They ascended the incline of the ridge through a tract of country where prehistoric grasstrees and cycads stood in isolation among bloodwoods and stunted hickory […].2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 125
  2. A New Zealand shrub of the genus Dracophyllum, that grows up to 12 m high and found throughout in drier climates and at higher altitudes, with slender erect or spreading branches. Rigid, leathery grass-like leaves are usually crowded towards the tip of the branchlets. Also called spiderwood.
  3. Dasylirion longissimum (family Asparagaceae, Mexican grass tree)
  4. Dracophyllum (family Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species.
  5. Richea pandanifolia (family Ericaceae, giant grass tree).

Forms of grass tree

pluralgrass trees
alternative formgrasstree

Words formed from grass tree

  • grass tree gum

Questions about grass tree

What does grass tree mean?
Grass tree means any of various small trees of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae (especially of the genus Xanthorrhoea), having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grass-like leaves.
What part of speech is grass tree?
Grass tree is a noun.
What is the plural of grass tree?
The plural of grass tree is grass trees.

Words near grass tree in the dictionary

  1. grass times
  2. grass top
  3. grass tops
  4. grass trap
  5. grass traps
  6. grass tree
  7. grass trees
  8. grass up
  9. Grass Valley
  10. grass warbler
  11. grass warblers

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