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kauri grass

kauri grass noun: a species of grass, Astelia trinervia, endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand.

Noun

kauri grass (plural kauri grasses)

  1. A species of grass, Astelia trinervia, endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand.
    • Kauri grass is common in kauri forests in the north of the North Island and reappears in west Nelson in the South Island.2000, John Dawson, Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest, Godwit, published 2025, page 199

Forms of kauri grass

pluralkauri grasses

Questions about kauri grass

What does kauri grass mean?
Kauri grass means a species of grass, Astelia trinervia, endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand.
What part of speech is kauri grass?
Kauri grass is a noun.
What is the plural of kauri grass?
The plural of kauri grass is kauri grasses.

Words near kauri grass in the dictionary

  1. kaurenoic
  2. kaurenoic acid
  3. kaurenoid
  4. kaurenoids
  5. kauri
  6. kauri grass
  7. kauri gum
  8. kauri pine
  9. kauri pines
  10. kauri-butanol value
  11. kauri-butanol values

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