Lexic.us

Definition of Cordyline australis

1. Noun. 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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordyline Australis

Literary usage of Cordyline australis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"R. Taylor,' Te Ika a Maui,' P. 435 = "The ti (Cordyline australis or Dracaena australis) is found in great abundance. Though so common, it has a very ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Cordyline australis and its allied forms are easily raised from seed, ... Cordyline australis-C. Indivisa of the trade. late ; segments equal, ..."

3. Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany by Ernst Dieffenbach (1843)
"The Cordyline australis, or Dracaena australis, forms jungle on the alluvial banks of the rivers. The flax grows everywhere : a variety with yellow-striped ..."

4. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1868)
"... and Cordyline australis ; a few have poisonous properties, eg Tutu ;* while others yield articles of food, or beverages, useful to man in his savage or ..."

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