grass-tree

Nouns

  • (n) elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand Cordyline australis, cabbage tree,
  • (n) any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins Australian grass tree,
  • (n) gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long Richea pandanifolia, tree heath,

Synonyms

Cordyline australis cabbage tree Australian grass tree Richea pandanifolia tree heath

Words of close approximity

grass tree family