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Definition of Cordyline terminalis
1. Noun. Shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cordyline Terminalis
Literary usage of Cordyline terminalis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1902)
"... Cordyline terminalis in New Zealand"; Cheeseman, "Cultivated Food Plants of
the Polynesians, with Special Reference to Cordyline terminalis" " Recent ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1877)
"Scarcely less celebrated, though of course not known so long in Europe, is the
invaluable " Ti" Tree of the Polynesian islanders, Cordyline terminalis. ..."
3. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1888)
"Cordyline terminalis, Kunth. South-Asia, Polynesia, East-Australia. The roots
are edible, when roasted. The leaves, like those of other species, ..."
4. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"Description of Cordyline terminalis, a few of the terminal leaves, Plate 273.
greatly reduced. DRAGON TREE Natural Order ..."
5. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1868)
"Ti (Cordyline terminalis). Of this there are a white- and pink- flowered, and a
great number of other varieties. S Ti'ula (Cordyline ferrea). ..."
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