bottle-tree
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1. an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brachychiton acerifolius, flame durrajong, flame tree, sterculia acerifolia, |
| definition | : | south Australian tree having panicles of brilliant scarlet flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brachychiton australis, broad-leaved bottletree, flame tree, |
| definition | : | north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brachychiton populneus, currajong, kurrajong, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brachychiton rupestris, narrow-leaved bottletree, queensland bottletree, sterculia rupestris, |
| definition | : | large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | brachychiton, genus brachychiton, |
| definition | : | Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks) (noun.plant) |
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