Definition of Brachychiton

1. Noun. Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks).

Exact synonyms: Genus Brachychiton
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Bottle Tree, Bottle-tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachychiton

Br
Br.
BrDu
BrDu-banding
BrE
Braasch catheter
Brabancon griffon
Brabant
Brabantian
Brabantine
Brachinus
Brachman
Brachmans
Bracht-Wachter lesion
Brachychiton (current term)
Brachychiton acerifolius
Brachychiton australis
Brachychiton populneus
Brachychiton rupestris
Brachycome
Brachycome Iberidifolia
Brachydanio rerio
Brachystegia
Brachystegia speciformis
Brad
Bradbury
Braden
Bradford
Bradford frame

Literary usage of Brachychiton

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany by William Jackson Hooker (1857)
"66), but leave it intact, according to Professor Lindley, between Brachychiton and Sterculia. This tree, I may mention, varies with digitate leaves, ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"Brachychiton. FLAME TREE. Evergreen tree, reaching a height of 60 ft., glabrous: Ivs. long- petioled, ... Brachychiton. Tall tree, glabrous except the fls. ..."

3. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"Brachychiton. FLAME TREE. Evergreen tree, reaching a height of GO ft., glabrous: Ivs. long- petioled, ... Brachychiton. Tall tree, glabrous except the fls. ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Brachychiton on Dictionary.com!Search for Brachychiton on Thesaurus.com!Search for Brachychiton on Google!Search for Brachychiton on Wikipedia!

Search