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grass tree

Australian plant belonging to the lily family. The tall, thick stems have a grasslike tuft at the top above which rises a flower spike resembling a spear; this often appears after bushfires and in some species can grow to a height of 3 m/10 ft. (Genus Xanthorrhoea, family Liliaceae.)



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EVENTS 2009 22 Aug Lunch at the Cabbage Tree celebrating 100 years of Invercargill District Nursing Achievement in Southland Email: anne.
quot;The palm trees here seem to be of a different species from the cabbage tree, their straight trunks are sixty, eighty or ninety feet high with a beautiful taper, of a bright ash colour, until within six or seven feet of the top, where it is a fine green colour, crowned with an orb of rich green plumed leaves: I have measured the stem of these plumes fifteen feet in length, besides the plume, which is nearly of the same length.
A recent survey by the local primary school showed there were 52 palms, whichare also known as cabbage trees, in Plockton.
 
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