"grass tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grass trees [plural], grasstree [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grass tree (plural grass trees)
  1. (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. Tags: Australia
    Sense id: en-grass_tree-en-noun-P4Jff2RX Categories (other): Australian English, Entries with translation boxes, Asparagales order plants Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 42 9 4 8 Disambiguation of Asparagales order plants: 57 21 16 3 3
  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. Translations (a New Zealand shrub): inanga (Maori), īnanga (Maori), īnaka (Maori), emiemi (Maori), neinei (Maori) Translations (an Australian shrub): bagap (Woiwurrung)
    Sense id: en-grass_tree-en-noun-JYhEyA6b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Woiwurrung translations, Heather family plants Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 47 10 5 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 42 9 4 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 45 16 3 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 45 15 7 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 18 60 10 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Woiwurrung translations: 19 57 11 4 9 Disambiguation of Heather family plants: 21 37 17 12 13 Disambiguation of 'a New Zealand shrub': 1 97 1 0 1 Disambiguation of 'an Australian shrub': 7 91 1 0 0
  3. Dasylirion longissimum (family Asparagaceae, Mexican grass tree)
    Sense id: en-grass_tree-en-noun-qoGnA8nt Categories (other): Asparagus family plants Disambiguation of Asparagus family plants: 24 22 35 9 9
  4. Dracophyllum (family Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species.
    Sense id: en-grass_tree-en-noun-HLH4QtNT
  5. Richea pandanifolia (family Ericaceae, giant grass tree).
    Sense id: en-grass_tree-en-noun-zjl2nsb~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: tree Derived forms: grass tree gum

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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