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grass trees

grass trees is the plural of grass tree.

Meaning of grass tree

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).

Questions about grass trees

What is grass trees the plural of?
Grass trees is the plural of grass tree.

Words near grass trees in the dictionary

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

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