GENUS BRACHYCHITON

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Australian trees (usually with swollen trunks)

Synonyms:

Brachychiton; genus Brachychiton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)