An Australian plant (Xanthorrhoea) with a thick dark trunk and a crown of long grass-like leaves, also called a grasstree.
From 'black' and 'boy' (a child or a term used for plants). Named for the dark-colored trunk of the plant.
Blackboys are ancient Australian plants that can live for 600 years and actually need fire to reproduce—Aboriginal peoples used controlled burning for millennia, which shaped these plants' evolution.
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