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BRACHYCHITON POPULNEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Brachychiton populneus mean?
• BRACHYCHITON POPULNEUS (noun)
The noun BRACHYCHITON POPULNEUS has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle
Familiarity information: BRACHYCHITON POPULNEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BRACHYCHITON POPULNEUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood; foliage is an important emergency food for cattle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brachychiton populneus; currajong; kurrajong
Hypernyms ("Brachychiton populneus" is a kind of...):
bottle-tree; bottle tree (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)
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