bot·tle·brush (b t l-br sh )n. Any of various Australian shrubs or trees of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, having densely flowered, cylindrical spikes with numerous, long, protruding stamens that suggest a brush used to clean bottles. |
bottlebrush [ˈbɒtəlˌbrʌʃ]
n
1. (Engineering / Tools) a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called callistemon any of various Australian myrtaceous shrubs or trees of the genera Callistemon and Melaleuca, having dense spikes of large red flowers with protruding brushlike stamens
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar trees or shrubs
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| Noun | 1. |  bottlebrush - a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottlesbrush - an implement that has hairs or bristles firmly set into a handle |
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