See Also: xanthorrhoea(dictionary)

xanthorrhoea (iou)



xanthorrhoea noun. Also *xanthorrhea. E19.
[from mod. Latin (see below), formed as XANTHO- + -RRHOEA, from the yellow gum exuded at the base of the old leaves.]
Any of various palmlike Australian woody plants constituting the genus Xanthorrhoea (family Xanthorrhoeaceae), popularly called blackboy, grass-tree.