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Grass tree   /græs tri/   Listen
Grass tree

noun
1.
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.
2.
Any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins.  Synonym: Australian grass tree.
3.
Gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long.  Synonyms: Richea pandanifolia, tree heath.



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... forests rustled betrayingly, but the Terrans displayed no interest in those who spied upon them. An insect with wings of brilliant green gauze detached itself from the stalk of a grass tree and fluttered ahead of the Traders as if it were an official herald. From the red soil crushed by their boots arose a pungent odor which fought with the scent they carried with them. Dane swallowed three or four times and hoped that his superior ...
— Plague Ship • Andre Norton


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