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GENUS BRACHYCHITON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Brachychiton mean?
• GENUS BRACHYCHITON (noun)
The noun GENUS BRACHYCHITON has 1 sense:
1. Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)
Familiarity information: GENUS BRACHYCHITON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Brachychiton; genus Brachychiton
Hypernyms ("genus Brachychiton" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Brachychiton"):
bottle-tree; bottle tree (an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton)
Holonyms ("genus Brachychiton" is a member of...):
family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)
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