grass tree
Any of various small trees of the family Xanthorrhoeaceae, having a thick trunk…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.
» Benedito lay on the grass under the tree and watched the clouds.
Значення
значень: 5(Австралія)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.
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.
Dasylirion longissimum (family Asparagaceae, Mexican grass tree)
Dracophyllum (family Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species.
Richea pandanifolia (family Ericaceae, giant grass tree).
- any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
- gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
- 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
Приклади
речень: 1Benedito lay on the grass under the tree and watched the clouds.
Форми
множина: grass treesСиноніми
синонімів: 5- 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 heathRichea pandanifolia
- 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 treeCordyline australis