Meaning of grass tree in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

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  1. Noun

    grass tree

    Definitions

    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

    Examples

    • « New Zealand »
  2. 2. any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
  3. 3. gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long

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