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narrow-leaved bottle tree

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narrow-leaved bottle tree

[nar-oh-leevd] .
–noun
See under bottle tree.

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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