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BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brachychiton rupestris mean? 

BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS (noun)
  The noun BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS has 1 sense:

1. large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculiaplay

  Familiarity information: BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRACHYCHITON RUPESTRIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brachychiton rupestris; narrow-leaved bottletree; Queensland bottletree; Sterculia rupestris

Hypernyms ("Brachychiton rupestris" is a kind of...):

bottle-tree; bottle tree (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)


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