pineapple grass

noun

A perennial grass, Astelia alpina, of Alpine regions of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, having pineapple-shaped leaves and edible berries; an astelia.

First used 20th c.
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nounpineapple grass (plural pineapple grasses)

plural pineapple grasses · alternative pineapple-grass · alternative pineapplegrass

  1. AustraliaA perennial grass, Astelia alpina, of Alpine regions of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, having pineapple-shaped leaves and edible berries; an astelia.First known use 20th c.

    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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