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grass tree

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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.

Meaning

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(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.
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).

More definitions

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

Examples

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Benedito lay on the grass under the tree and watched the clouds.
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Forms

plural: grass trees

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Synonyms

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Close in meaning

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
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