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Definition: Kingia australis
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).
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