cordyline (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Cordyline*:
NOUN	plant	Cordyline, genus Cordyline	Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs

English > *Cordyline*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants.
Synonym	genus Cordyline
Member of	Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family	chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants
Members	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
Members	ti, Cordyline terminalis	shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing
Broader	liliid monocot genus	genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
Spanish	cordyline, genus cordyline
Catalan	cordyline, genus cordyline

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