English > bottle tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | An Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton. |
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Synonym | bottle-tree |
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Member of | Brachychiton, genus Brachychiton | Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks) |
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Narrower | Queensland bottletree, narrow-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton rupestris, Sterculia rupestris | large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside |
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flame tree, flame durrajong, Brachychiton acerifolius, Sterculia acerifolia | south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers |
flame tree, broad-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton australis | north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves |
kurrajong, currajong, Brachychiton populneus | widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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