English > genus Cordyline: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants. |
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| Synonym | Cordyline |
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| Member of | Agavaceae, family Agavaceae, agave family, sisal family | chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | cordyline, genus cordyline |
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| Catalan | cordyline, genus cordyline |
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