Noun: grass tree grãs tree- 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
- cabbage tree, Cordyline australis - 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 - Gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
- tree heath, Richea pandanifolia
Derived forms: grass trees Type of: arborescent plant, Australian heath, tree Part of: Cordyline, genus Cordyline, genus Richea, genus Xanthorroea, Richea, Xanthorroea Encyclopedia: Grass tree |