grass tree (English, noun)
expansion: grass tree (plural grass trees)
Senses:
glosses: 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.
tags: Australia
glosses: 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.
glosses: Dasylirion longissimum (family Asparagaceae, Mexican grass tree)
glosses: Dracophyllum (family Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species.
glosses: Richea pandanifolia (family Ericaceae, giant grass tree).
Forms:
form: grass trees
tags: plural
form: grasstree
tags: alternative