1. cabbage tree, grass tree, Cordyline australis, tree
usage: 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; New Zealand
2. grass tree, Australian grass tree, arborescent plant
usage: any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins
3. tree heath, grass tree, Richea pandanifolia, Australian heath
usage: gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long