Xanthorhoea

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Xanthorhoea \Xan`tho*rhoe"a\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow +
     "rei^n to flow.] (Bot.)
     A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia, having a
     thick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike
     leaves. See {Grass tree}.
     [1913 Webster]