bottle tree ExamplesWord Origin noun
- any of several trees of the genus Brachychiton, native to Australia, characterized by a bottle-shaped swelling of the trunk, as B. rupestris (narrow-leaved bottle tree) or B. australis (broad-leaved bottle tree).
Origin of bottle tree First recorded in 1840–50 Examples from the Web for bottle tree Historical Examples of bottle tree
In that of Adelaide we see the Australian bottle-tree, which is a native of this country only.
Maturin M. Ballou
It was on Mount Abundance that the first bottle-tree was discovered.
George Grimm
Here we first saw the Australian bottle-tree, which is native only to these colonies.
Maturin M. Ballou
The gullies were full of bush-trees, amongst which the Bottle-tree, and the Corypha-palm were frequent.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia
Ludwig Leichhardt
British Dictionary definitions for bottle tree bottle tree noun
- any of several Australian sterculiaceous trees of the genus Sterculia (or Brachychiton) that have a bottle-shaped swollen trunk
- another name for baobab