bottlebrushn.

Brit.

/ˈbɒtlbrʌʃ/, U.S.

/ˈbɑdəlˌbrəʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bottle n.³, brush n.¹

Etymology: < bottle n.³ + brush n.¹ The various plants in sense 2 are so called on account of their shape.

1. A brush with a long handle and cylindrical head, used for cleaning the insides of bottles or similar containers.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils

water-clothOE

neck towel1493

dish-clout1530

mop1683

bottlebrush1685

rinse1738

tea-cloth1770

dishcloth1828

dish-rag1839

tea-towel1863

dish-towel1869

dish-pan1872

lappie1892

dish-mop1897

washing-up cloth1973

1685 G. Meriton Nomenclatura Clericalis 314 A bottle-brush.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 190 Antennæ; plain in the Female [Gnat], in the Male feathered, somewhat like a Bottle-brush.

1797 tr. A.-R. Le Sage Hist. Vanillo Gonzales I. i. 12 A large lock of hair.., so long and bristly, that it would have made an excellent bottle brush.

1842 M. B. Howitt Little Coin, Much Care i. 12 A bottle-brush, a red japanned hearth-brush and bellows..hung in the corners near the fireplace.

1883 Leisure Hour 473/1 Tall Kahilis..suggestive of gigantic feather-brushes, or rather bottle-brushes.

1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) vii. 86 Separate the parts of the syringe and wash in warm soapy water using a small bottle brush to clean the inside of the barrel.

1992 Bounty Infant Care Guide 2nd Annual Edition 49/2 Regardless of the formula you use, make sure that the bottle, nipple,..and the bottle brush, are all thoroughly cleaned and sterilized.

2014 Good Housek. (Nexis) 1 Aug. 57 Scrub the inside of the vase using a narrow bottle brush to loosen the film.

a. In full bottlebrush grass. A tall perennial grass of eastern North America, Elymus hystrix, with a bristly cylindrical seed head. In later use also: a grass of tropical and southern Africa, Anthephora pubescens.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > American or West Indian

man-grass1672

Scotch grass1707

ginger-grass1750

savannah grass1750

bottlebrush1798

rescue grass1853

ant rice1861

1798 A. Spotswood Let. 24 Nov. in G. Washington Papers (1999) Retirement Ser. III. 219 I have cut and cured a large stock of the bottle brush grass.

1843 J. Torrey Flora State N.Y. II. 478 Bottle-brush Grass... Moist, rocky woods, and along shady ravines: not rare.

1897 F. Lamson-Scribner Amer. Grasses (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 320 Bottle Brush.—A smooth, cæspitose perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with rather broad flat leaves and terminal spikes 6 to 12 cm. long.

2006 U. Quattrocchi CRC World Dict. Grasses I. 139/1 A[nthephora] pubescens... In English: bottle brush grass, cat's tail grass, wool grass.

2014 J. L. Lowry Calif. Foraging 88/2 Consider adopting a patch of bottlebrush grass.

b. Any of various trees, shrubs, and other plants having more or less cylindrical flowers or flower spikes, often with many prominent stamens, mostly native to tropical and subtropical parts of the southern hemisphere, esp. banksias and others of the family Proteaceae and members of the genera Callistemon and Metrosideros (family Myrtaceae). Also attributive in bottlebrush plant, bottlebrush tree.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian

banksia1787

waratah1793

honeysuckle1803

pinkwood1824

honeysuckle tree1825

rose1825

blue bush1828

dogwood1828

parrotbill1829

tulip-tree1830

whitebeard1832

swamp-oak1833

bauera1835

mungitec1837

bottlebrush1839

clianthus1841

glory-pea1848

boronia1852

koromiko1855

pituri1861

Sturt's pea1865

scrub vine1866

pea-bush1867

cotton-bush1876

Australian honeysuckle1881

peach myrtle1882

saloop bush1884

naupaka1888

dog rose1896

native tulip1898

snow bush1909

wedding-bush1923

Hebe1961

mountain pepper1965

1839 R. Buist Amer. Flower Garden Directory (ed. 2) 277 The flowers [of Metrosideros and related genera] consist of stamens, stiles, and anthers.., forming a dense cone crowned with a small twig, hence frequently called ‘bottle brush plant’.

1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. ii. 76 The Bottle-brush, one of the most characteristic plants of the bush..has rough, twisted branches, and a leaf something like the holly. Sir Joseph Banks gave it its botanical name of Banksia.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 174/1 Bottlebrush [in Queensland], the Callistemon lanceolatus.

1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo xviii. 397 Gold red bushes of the bottle~brush tree.

1957 P. White Voss iii. 70 Belle had a spray of the crimson bottlebrush that she had torn off recklessly.

1961 Amateur Gardening 30 Sept. (Suppl.) 8/3 Callistemon... the unusual flowers..have a mass of prominent stamens giving the appearance of a bottle brush. This has given rise to the popular name of bottle brush plant.

1998 P. R. Dallman Plant Life in World's Mediterranean Climates 129 (caption) Red bottlebrush (Mimetes cucullatus) has flower heads on tall, erect branches that stand out over the surrounding fynbos vegetation.

2011 Wellington Times (Nexis) 14 June They will be planting around 2000 native trees, River Red Gums, Shea oaks, Bottle Brush and Wattle.

c. Chiefly British regional. Any of several plants with clusters or whorls of narrow leaves radiating from nodes along the stem, as corn spurrey, Spergula arvensis, mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris, and various horsetails (genus Equisetum).

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the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies

padpipe?a1300

paddock-pipec1300

holy-water strinklec1440

shavegrassc1450

shavewortc1450

horsetail1538

shaving-grass1538

cat's tail1552

toad-pipe1578

pewterwort1597

horse-willow1611

prêle1661

shave-weed1691

water horsetail1710

horse-pipe1785

rush1804

shave-rush1821

equisetum1830

pipeweed1837

scouring rush1845

mud horsetail1855

jointweed1879

bottlebrush1883

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 15 Bottlebrush, a plant otherwise called Common Spurry, or Farmer's Ruin: Spergula arvensis... Another plant bears the same name—the Mare's Tail, or Hippuris vulgaris.

1902 C. L. Pollard Families of Flowering Plants xxvi. 200 The mare's-tail or bottle-brush..and the several species of water-milfoil (Myriophyllum) are common in our ponds, lakes and streams.

2004 Aquascape Lifestyles Summer 61 You may know of horsetail by several of different names like: shavegrass, pewterwort, bottlebrush, horsetail rush,..or mare's tail.

Compounds

C1. attributive with the sense ‘resembling a bottlebrush’.

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the world > plants > appearance of plant > form of plant or that has parts of particular shape > [adjective] > having particular shape or shaped parts

jagged1548

crowned1578

fingered1597

handed1597

hooded1597

unbranched1665

starred1693

bell-like1754

bell-shaped1758

campaniform1758

columniferous1785

gladiate1793

bottlebrush1798

antlereda1806

muscariform1839

sagittiferous1858

crested1861

unseptated1899

unseptate1900

palmiform1962

1798Bottle brush grass [see sense 2a].

1841 Gardeners' Chron. 2 Oct. 649/1 Callistemon lanceolatum and floribundum, with dense clusters of beautiful scarlet bottle-brush flowers during summer.

1866 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths of Middle Ages vii. 141 Anger is as plainly depicted in the human eye as in the bottle-brush tail of a cat.

1885 A. Brassey In Trades 265 The..Entada scandens..bears an insignificant yellow, bottle-brush, acacia-like flower.

1922 A. B. Brewster Hill Tribes Fiji xxiv. 256 Its flowers differ considerably from the ordinary species with scarlet and yellow bottle-brush blooms which clothe the lower slopes.

1991 G. S. Firestein & N. J. Zvaifler in P. E. Bigazzi & M. Reichlin Systemic Autoimmunity vi. 148 Proteoglycans..have a ‘bottle brush’ appearance by electron microscopy, probably owing to electrostatic repulsion.

2013 S. Williams Creating Prairie Xeriscape (rev. ed.) 81 (caption) Fleeceflower..provides dense basal foliage and bright pink bottle brush flowers.

C2. Forming parasynthetic compound adjectives, as bottle-brush-flowered, bottle-brush-headed.

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1849 T. Carlyle Reminisc. Ir. Journey (1882) 117 I..had to awake to see a little bottle-brush headed ‘Boots’ with thimble full of ‘warm water’.

1851 Q. Rev. Dec. 40 They will find an extremely rich collection of bottle-brush-flowered, zigzag-leaved, grey-tinted, odd-looking things.

2012 D. P. Abrol Pollination Biol. ix. 293 Many of the plant species known to be bat-pollinated include..the bottle-brush-flowered Parkia decussata.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bottlebrush
释义	bottlebrushn. Brit. /ˈbɒtlbrʌʃ/, U.S. /ˈbɑdəlˌbrəʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bottle n.³, brush n.¹ Etymology: < bottle n.³ + brush n.¹ The various plants in sense 2 are so called on account of their shape. 1. A brush with a long handle and cylindrical head, used for cleaning the insides of bottles or similar containers. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing table utensils > [noun] > equipment for washing or drying table utensils water-clothOE neck towel1493 dish-clout1530 mop1683 bottlebrush1685 rinse1738 tea-cloth1770 dishcloth1828 dish-rag1839 tea-towel1863 dish-towel1869 dish-pan1872 lappie1892 dish-mop1897 washing-up cloth1973 1685 G. Meriton Nomenclatura Clericalis 314 A bottle-brush. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xi. 190 Antennæ; plain in the Female [Gnat], in the Male feathered, somewhat like a Bottle-brush. 1797 tr. A.-R. Le Sage Hist. Vanillo Gonzales I. i. 12 A large lock of hair.., so long and bristly, that it would have made an excellent bottle brush. 1842 M. B. Howitt Little Coin, Much Care i. 12 A bottle-brush, a red japanned hearth-brush and bellows..hung in the corners near the fireplace. 1883 Leisure Hour 473/1 Tall Kahilis..suggestive of gigantic feather-brushes, or rather bottle-brushes. 1958 Nursing (St. John Ambulance Assoc.) vii. 86 Separate the parts of the syringe and wash in warm soapy water using a small bottle brush to clean the inside of the barrel. 1992 Bounty Infant Care Guide 2nd Annual Edition 49/2 Regardless of the formula you use, make sure that the bottle, nipple,..and the bottle brush, are all thoroughly cleaned and sterilized. 2014 Good Housek. (Nexis) 1 Aug. 57 Scrub the inside of the vase using a narrow bottle brush to loosen the film. 2. a. In full bottlebrush grass. A tall perennial grass of eastern North America, Elymus hystrix, with a bristly cylindrical seed head. In later use also: a grass of tropical and southern Africa, Anthephora pubescens. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > non-British grasses > [noun] > American or West Indian man-grass1672 Scotch grass1707 ginger-grass1750 savannah grass1750 bottlebrush1798 rescue grass1853 ant rice1861 1798 A. Spotswood Let. 24 Nov. in G. Washington Papers (1999) Retirement Ser. III. 219 I have cut and cured a large stock of the bottle brush grass. 1843 J. Torrey Flora State N.Y. II. 478 Bottle-brush Grass... Moist, rocky woods, and along shady ravines: not rare. 1897 F. Lamson-Scribner Amer. Grasses (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 320 Bottle Brush.—A smooth, cæspitose perennial 6 to 12 dm. high, with rather broad flat leaves and terminal spikes 6 to 12 cm. long. 2006 U. Quattrocchi CRC World Dict. Grasses I. 139/1 A[nthephora] pubescens... In English: bottle brush grass, cat's tail grass, wool grass. 2014 J. L. Lowry Calif. Foraging 88/2 Consider adopting a patch of bottlebrush grass. b. Any of various trees, shrubs, and other plants having more or less cylindrical flowers or flower spikes, often with many prominent stamens, mostly native to tropical and subtropical parts of the southern hemisphere, esp. banksias and others of the family Proteaceae and members of the genera Callistemon and Metrosideros (family Myrtaceae). Also attributive in bottlebrush plant, bottlebrush tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > Australasian banksia1787 waratah1793 honeysuckle1803 pinkwood1824 honeysuckle tree1825 rose1825 blue bush1828 dogwood1828 parrotbill1829 tulip-tree1830 whitebeard1832 swamp-oak1833 bauera1835 mungitec1837 bottlebrush1839 clianthus1841 glory-pea1848 boronia1852 koromiko1855 pituri1861 Sturt's pea1865 scrub vine1866 pea-bush1867 cotton-bush1876 Australian honeysuckle1881 peach myrtle1882 saloop bush1884 naupaka1888 dog rose1896 native tulip1898 snow bush1909 wedding-bush1923 Hebe1961 mountain pepper1965 1839 R. Buist Amer. Flower Garden Directory (ed. 2) 277 The flowers [of Metrosideros and related genera] consist of stamens, stiles, and anthers.., forming a dense cone crowned with a small twig, hence frequently called ‘bottle brush plant’. 1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes I. ii. 76 The Bottle-brush, one of the most characteristic plants of the bush..has rough, twisted branches, and a leaf something like the holly. Sir Joseph Banks gave it its botanical name of Banksia. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XX. 174/1 Bottlebrush [in Queensland], the Callistemon lanceolatus. 1923 D. H. Lawrence Kangaroo xviii. 397 Gold red bushes of the bottle~brush tree. 1957 P. White Voss iii. 70 Belle had a spray of the crimson bottlebrush that she had torn off recklessly. 1961 Amateur Gardening 30 Sept. (Suppl.) 8/3 Callistemon... the unusual flowers..have a mass of prominent stamens giving the appearance of a bottle brush. This has given rise to the popular name of bottle brush plant. 1998 P. R. Dallman Plant Life in World's Mediterranean Climates 129 (caption) Red bottlebrush (Mimetes cucullatus) has flower heads on tall, erect branches that stand out over the surrounding fynbos vegetation. 2011 Wellington Times (Nexis) 14 June They will be planting around 2000 native trees, River Red Gums, Shea oaks, Bottle Brush and Wattle. c. Chiefly British regional. Any of several plants with clusters or whorls of narrow leaves radiating from nodes along the stem, as corn spurrey, Spergula arvensis, mare's tail, Hippuris vulgaris, and various horsetails (genus Equisetum). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > horse-tail and allies padpipe?a1300 paddock-pipec1300 holy-water strinklec1440 shavegrassc1450 shavewortc1450 horsetail1538 shaving-grass1538 cat's tail1552 toad-pipe1578 pewterwort1597 horse-willow1611 prêle1661 shave-weed1691 water horsetail1710 horse-pipe1785 rush1804 shave-rush1821 equisetum1830 pipeweed1837 scouring rush1845 mud horsetail1855 jointweed1879 bottlebrush1883 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 15 Bottlebrush, a plant otherwise called Common Spurry, or Farmer's Ruin: Spergula arvensis... Another plant bears the same name—the Mare's Tail, or Hippuris vulgaris. 1902 C. L. Pollard Families of Flowering Plants xxvi. 200 The mare's-tail or bottle-brush..and the several species of water-milfoil (Myriophyllum) are common in our ponds, lakes and streams. 2004 Aquascape Lifestyles Summer 61 You may know of horsetail by several of different names like: shavegrass, pewterwort, bottlebrush, horsetail rush,..or mare's tail. Compounds C1. attributive with the sense ‘resembling a bottlebrush’. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > appearance of plant > form of plant or that has parts of particular shape > [adjective] > having particular shape or shaped parts jagged1548 crowned1578 fingered1597 handed1597 hooded1597 unbranched1665 starred1693 bell-like1754 bell-shaped1758 campaniform1758 columniferous1785 gladiate1793 bottlebrush1798 antlereda1806 muscariform1839 sagittiferous1858 crested1861 unseptated1899 unseptate1900 palmiform1962 1798Bottle brush grass [see sense 2a]. 1841 Gardeners' Chron. 2 Oct. 649/1 Callistemon lanceolatum and floribundum, with dense clusters of beautiful scarlet bottle-brush flowers during summer. 1866 S. Baring-Gould Curious Myths of Middle Ages vii. 141 Anger is as plainly depicted in the human eye as in the bottle-brush tail of a cat. 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 265 The..Entada scandens..bears an insignificant yellow, bottle-brush, acacia-like flower. 1922 A. B. Brewster Hill Tribes Fiji xxiv. 256 Its flowers differ considerably from the ordinary species with scarlet and yellow bottle-brush blooms which clothe the lower slopes. 1991 G. S. Firestein & N. J. Zvaifler in P. E. Bigazzi & M. Reichlin Systemic Autoimmunity vi. 148 Proteoglycans..have a ‘bottle brush’ appearance by electron microscopy, probably owing to electrostatic repulsion. 2013 S. Williams Creating Prairie Xeriscape (rev. ed.) 81 (caption) Fleeceflower..provides dense basal foliage and bright pink bottle brush flowers. C2. Forming parasynthetic compound adjectives, as bottle-brush-flowered, bottle-brush-headed. ΚΠ 1849 T. Carlyle Reminisc. Ir. Journey (1882) 117 I..had to awake to see a little bottle-brush headed ‘Boots’ with thimble full of ‘warm water’. 1851 Q. Rev. Dec. 40 They will find an extremely rich collection of bottle-brush-flowered, zigzag-leaved, grey-tinted, odd-looking things. 2012 D. P. Abrol Pollination Biol. ix. 293 Many of the plant species known to be bat-pollinated include..the bottle-brush-flowered Parkia decussata. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1685
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