| NOUN | plant | bottle tree, bottle-tree | an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton |
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| Meaning | An Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton. | |
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| Synonym | bottle-tree | |
| Member of | Brachychiton, genus Brachychiton | Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks) |
| Narrower | Queensland bottletree, narrow-leaved bottletree, Brachychiton rupestris, Sterculia rupestris | large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside |
| 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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