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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Dasylirion longissimum (family Asparagaceae, Mexican grass tree)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Dracophyllum (family Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Richea pandanifolia (family Ericaceae, giant grass tree).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tree heath, Richea pandanifolia
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Broader terms: Australian heath
noun
any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Australian grass tree
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Broader terms: arborescent plant
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: cabbage tree, Cordyline australis
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Broader terms: tree
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