broad-leaved bottle tree


noun

See under bottle tree.

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bottle tree

noun

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).

Origin of bottle tree

First recorded in 1840–50

British Dictionary definitions for broad-leaved bottle tree

bottle tree

noun

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