a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
2. Also called: callistemon
any of various Australian myrtaceous shrubs or trees of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, having dense spikes of large red flowers with protruding brushlike stamens
3.
any of various similar trees or shrubs
bottlebrush in American English
(ˈbɑtəlˌbrʌʃ)
noun
any of a genus (Callistemon) of shrubs or trees of the myrtle family, having flowers with conspicuous tufts of red or yellow stamens and cultivated in warm climates
Examples of 'bottlebrush' in a sentence
bottlebrush
And the hibiscus, the bottlebrush, the ghost gums, the bougainvillaea up above the world so high, the pepper trees.