HyperDic: genus_xanthorroea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Xanthorroea:
NOUNplantgenus Xanthorroea, Xanthorroeagrass trees
English > genus Xanthorroea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggrass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae.
SynonymXanthorroea
Member ofLiliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily familyIncludes species sometimes divided among the following families
Membersgrass tree, Australian grass treeAny of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
Broaderliliid monocot genusgenus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
Spanishgenus xanthorroea, xanthorroea
Catalangenus xanthorroea, xanthorroea

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