1. (noun) 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
Synonyms: cabbage bark, tree heath, cabbage palm, grass tree, cabbage tree, cabbage-bark tree
2. (noun) 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
Synonyms: cabbage tree, grass tree, tree heath
3. (noun) tree heath, grass tree, Richea pandanifolia
gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
Synonyms: cabbage tree, briar, brier, grass tree, tree heath
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