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    BOTTLE-TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    An Australian tree of the genus Brachychitonplay

    Synonyms:

    bottle-tree; bottle tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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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