English noun: grass tree | |||
1. | grass tree (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | cabbage tree, Cordyline australis | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tree | ||
Member meronym | Cordyline, genus Cordyline | ||
2. | grass tree (plant) any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins | ||
Synonyms | Australian grass tree | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arborescent plant | ||
Member meronym | genus Xanthorroea, Xanthorroea | ||
3. | grass tree (plant) gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long | ||
Synonyms | Richea pandanifolia, tree heath | ||
Broader (hypernym) | Australian heath | ||
Member meronym | genus Richea, Richea | ||