bottle tree

n. Any of various Australian trees of the genus Brachychiton, especially B. rupestris, having a swollen, sometimes bottle-shaped trunk and cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental.

bottle tree

n 1. (Plants) any of several Australian sterculiaceous trees of the genus Sterculia (or Brachychiton) that have a bottle-shaped swollen trunk 2. (Plants) another name for baobab

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bottle tree - an Australian tree of the genus Brachychitonbottle-treeBrachychiton, genus Brachychiton - Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)Brachychiton acerifolius, flame durrajong, Sterculia acerifolia, flame tree - south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowersBrachychiton australis, broad-leaved bottletree, flame tree - north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leavesBrachychiton 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 cattleBrachychiton rupestris, narrow-leaved bottletree, Queensland bottletree, Sterculia rupestris - large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculiatree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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noun an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton

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