kauri grass

kauri grass

English

Noun

kauri grass (plural kauri grasses)

  1. A species of grass, Astelia trinervia, endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand.
    • 2000, John Dawson, Nature Guide to the New Zealand Forest, Godwit, published 2025, page 199:
      Kauri grass is common in kauri forests in the north of the North Island and reappears in west Nelson in the South Island.