pineapple grass
noun1
Australia A perennial grass, Astelia alpina, of Alpine regions of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, having pineapple-shaped leaves and edible berries; an astelia.
- The white cloud has not lifted, and visibility across an open stretch of pineapple-grass bog is poor.1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 67