narrow-leaved bottle tree
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narrow-leaved bottle tree — /nar oh leevd /. See under bottle tree … Useful english dictionary
bottle tree — any of several trees of the genus Brachychiton, native to Australia, characterized by a bottle shaped swelling of the trunk, as B. rupestris (narrow leaved bottle tree) or B. australis (broad leaved bottle tree). [1840 50] * * * ▪ Brachychiton… … Universalium
bottle tree — noun an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton • Syn: ↑bottle tree • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑flame tree, ↑flame durrajong, ↑Brachychiton acerifolius, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bottle-tree — noun an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton • Syn: ↑bottle tree • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑flame tree, ↑flame durrajong, ↑Brachychiton acerifolius, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
narrow-leaved bottletree — noun large tree of Queensland having cream colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia • Syn: ↑Queensland bottletree, ↑Brachychiton rupestris, ↑Sterculia rupestris • Hypernyms: ↑bottle tree, ↑bottle tree … Useful english dictionary
List of trees and shrubs by taxonomic family — The following is a list of trees and shrubs of high notoriety. Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the genera and closely related species.=GYMNOSPERMS= =CONIFERS= Araucariaceae: The… … Wikipedia
Brachychiton rupestris — noun large tree of Queensland having cream colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia • Syn: ↑Queensland bottletree, ↑narrow leaved bottletree, ↑Sterculia rupestris • Hypernyms: ↑bottle tree, ↑bottle tree … Useful english dictionary
Queensland bottletree — noun large tree of Queensland having cream colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia • Syn: ↑narrow leaved bottletree, ↑Brachychiton rupestris, ↑Sterculia rupestris • Hypernyms: ↑bottle tree, ↑bottle tree … Useful english dictionary
Sterculia rupestris — noun large tree of Queensland having cream colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia • Syn: ↑Queensland bottletree, ↑narrow leaved bottletree, ↑Brachychiton rupestris • Hypernyms: ↑bottle tree, ↑bottle tree … Useful english dictionary
wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… … Universalium
