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BOTTLE TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bottle tree mean? 

BOTTLE TREE (noun)
  The noun BOTTLE TREE has 1 sense:

1. an Australian tree of the genus Brachychitonplay

  Familiarity information: BOTTLE TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BOTTLE TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bottle-tree; bottle tree

Hypernyms ("bottle tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottle tree"):

Brachychiton acerifolius; flame durrajong; flame tree; Sterculia acerifolia (south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers)

Brachychiton australis; broad-leaved bottletree; flame tree (north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves)

Brachychiton populneus; currajong; kurrajong (widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle)

Brachychiton rupestris; narrow-leaved bottletree; Queensland bottletree; Sterculia rupestris (large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia)

Holonyms ("bottle tree" is a member of...):

Brachychiton; genus Brachychiton (Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks))


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