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Definition of Sterculia rupestris
1. Noun. Large tree of Queensland having cream-colored flowers blotched with red inside; sometimes placed in genus Sterculia.
Generic synonyms: Bottle Tree, Bottle-tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sterculia Rupestris
Literary usage of Sterculia rupestris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1883)
"sterculia rupestris, Benth., Fl. Aust. I., 230. To the scrubs, which for many
miles extend along the ridges dividing ..."
2. With the Flowers and Trees in California by Charles Francis Saunders (1914)
"... in the first place to another species, sterculia rupestris, with a bulged-
out trunk like one of those English soda-water bottles that won't stand up. ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1889)
"The Bottle tree is botanically either the plant called Sterculia diversi/olia,
or sterculia rupestris, and is really the wonder of Australia. ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"60), sterculia rupestris, Benth., is also called Gouty-stem, on account of the
extraordinary shape of the trunk. Other names of this tree are the Sour-gourd ..."
5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"60), sterculia rupestris, Benth., is also called Gouty-stem, on account of the
extraordinary shape of the trunk. Other names of this tree are the ..."
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