Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Xanthorhoea \Xan`tho*rh[oe]"a\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s yellow
   + "rei^n to flow.] (Bot.)
   A genus of endogenous plants, native to Australia, having a
   thick, sometimes arborescent, stem, and long grasslike
   leaves. See {Grass tree}.