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STERCULIA RUPESTRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sterculia rupestris mean?
• STERCULIA RUPESTRIS (noun)
The noun STERCULIA RUPESTRIS has 1 sense:
1. large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia
Familiarity information: STERCULIA RUPESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Sterculia rupestris" is a kind of...):
bottle-tree; bottle tree (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)
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