blackboy
/ˈblækbɔɪ/noun
1- an Australian tree or erect shrub with long stiff grass-like leaves. Flowering in some species is stimulated by fire草树, 澳洲刺叶树。亦称GRASS TREE.
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- Genus Xanthorrhoea, family Xanthorrhoeaceae: several species, including a tree (X. preissii) with a thick dark trunk and a palm-like crown of leaves, and a shrub (X. australis) with a short buried trunk and leaves on the surface of the ground.黄胶木属, 刺叶树科：数种, 包括草树（干粗, 深色, 树冠似棕榈）及蓬草树（亦称澳洲刺叶树, 干短, 埋于土中, 叶露于地面上）。