English Dictionary

grass tree

noun

(botany, 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.

The grass tree is a unique plant native to Australia.

意味（1）

(botany, 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 […] .

意味（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.

意味（3）

Dasylirion longissimum (family Asparagaceae), the Mexican grass tree

意味（4）

Dracophyllum (family Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species.

意味（5）

Richea pandanifolia (family Ericaceae), the giant grass tree.