pineapple grass
English
Alternative forms
- pineapple-grass, pineapplegrass
Noun
pineapple grass (plural pineapple grasses)
- (Australia) A perennial grass, Astelia alpina, of Alpine regions of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, having pineapple-shaped leaves and edible berries; an astelia. [from 20th c.]
- 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 67:
- The white cloud has not lifted, and visibility across an open stretch of pineapple-grass bog is poor.
- 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 67:
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