broad-leaved bottle tree

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:
1840–50
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