Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun grass_tree

3 senses of grass tree

Sense 1
cabbage tree, grass tree, Cordyline australis -- (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)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Sense 2
grass tree, Australian grass tree -- (any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins)
       => arborescent plant -- (having the shape or characteristics of a tree)

Sense 3
tree heath, grass tree, Richea pandanifolia -- (gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long)
       => Australian heath -- (any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region)