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callistemon, n.|kælɪˈstiːmən|
Also C-.
[mod.L. (R. Brown: see below), f. Gr. κάλλος, καλλι- beauty + στήµων warp, thread (cf. stamen n.).]
An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Callistemon, of the myrtle family, native to Australia and bearing spikes of red or yellow flowers resembling a bottle-brush.
[1814R. Brown in M. Flinders Voy. Terra Australis II. 547 Callistemon, a genus formed of those species of Metrosideros that have inflorescence similar to that of Melaleuca, and distinct elongated filaments.] 1843Curtis's Bot. Mag. LXIX. 3989 Pine-leaved callistemon. 1857A. Gray First Lessons Bot. ix. 69 The Callistemon or Bottle-brush Flower of our greenhouses. 1911A. E. Mack Bush Days 51 A bend in the path had brought us face to face with the callistemons. 1975Advertiser (Adelaide) 17 Oct. 13 Of all the colorful and free-flowering native Australian plants grown in home gardens, probably the most popular is the Callistemon or bottlebrush family of shrubs and small trees. |