BRACHYCHITON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brachychiton mean? 

• BRACHYCHITON (noun)
  The noun BRACHYCHITON has 1 sense:

1. Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)

  Familiarity information: BRACHYCHITON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRACHYCHITON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Brachychiton; genus Brachychiton

Hypernyms ("Brachychiton" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Brachychiton"):

bottle-tree; bottle tree (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)

Holonyms ("Brachychiton" is a member of...):

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)