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 ).
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The gullies were full of bush-trees, amongst which the Bottle-tree, and the Corypha-palm were frequent.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia | Ludwig LeichhardtIt was on Mount Abundance that the first bottle-tree was discovered.
The Australian Explorers | George GrimmHere we first saw the Australian bottle-tree, which is native only to these colonies.
Under the Southern Cross | Maturin M. BallouIt is in his description of this region in his journal that we first find an allusion to the bottle tree.
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work | Ernest FavencSometimes they came upon the curiously-shaped bottle tree, which greatly resembles a lemonade bottle placed in the ground.
The Young Berringtons | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for bottle tree
any of several Australian sterculiaceous trees of the genus Sterculia (or Brachychiton) that have a bottle-shaped swollen trunk
another name for baobab
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