kingia australis

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kingia australis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Grass tree \Grass" tree"\ (Bot.)
     (a) An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrh[oe]a, having
         a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous,
         grasslike leaves, from the center of which arises a long
         stem, bearing at its summit a dense flower spike looking
         somewhat like a large cat-tail. These plants are often
         called "blackboys" from the large trunks denuded and
         blackened by fire. They yield two kinds of fragrant
         resin, called Botany-bay gum, and Gum Acaroides.
     (b) A similar Australian plant (Kingia australis).
         [1913 Webster]