Australian grass tree

noun

1

: grass tree sense 1

2

: a plant (Kingia australis) of western Australia that is variously assigned to Juneaceae or Liliaceae and has an erect black woody trunk crowned with long slender silvery leaves

3

: a stout shrub (Richea dracophylla) with narrow leaves crowded at the ends of the branches and with dense terminal clusters of white or pink flowers

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