pineapple grass

English

Alternative forms

• pineapple-grass, pineapplegrass

Noun

pineapple grass (plural pineapple grasses)

1. (Australia) A perennial grass, Astelia alpina, of Alpine regions of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, having pineapple-shaped leaves and edible berries; an astelia. [from 20th c.]
   • 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 67:

     The white cloud has not lifted, and visibility across an open stretch of pineapple-grass bog is poor.