CALLISTEMON

Meaning of CALLISTEMON in English

[ ˌkalɪ'sti:mən ]

■ noun a plant of a genus that comprises the bottlebrushes. [Genus Callistemon .]

Origin

mod. L., from Gk kallos 'beauty' + stēmōn 'thread or stamen'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CALLISTEMON — ˌkaləˈstēmən noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from calli- + Greek stēmōn warp, thread — more at stamen : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALLISTEMON — genus of shrubs and trees, of the family Myrtaceae, native to Australia. They have spikes of showy flowers and are …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOTTLEBRUSH — noun Etymology: from the shape of the flowers Date: circa 1841 any of a genus ( Callistemon ) of Australian …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STONEWOOD — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the hard close-grained wood of either of two Australian trees ( Callistemon salignus and Tarrietia actinophylla ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PAPERBARK — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also paperbark tree Etymology: so called from the papery bark that peels off in sheets : any of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOTTLEBRUSH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from the shape of the flower 1. a. : any of certain Australian shrubs or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOTTLEBRUSH — /bot"l brush'/ , n. Bot. any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, esp. of the genera Callistemon …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOTTLEBRUSH — noun Etymology: from the shape of the flowers Date: circa 1841 : any of a genus ( Callistemon ) of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOTTLEBRUSH — ■ noun 1》 a cylindrical brush for cleaning inside bottles. 2》 an Australian shrub or small tree with spikes of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOTTLEBRUSH — [bot.tle.brush] n [fr. the shape of the flowers] (ca. 1841): any of a genus (Callistemon) of Australian trees and shrubs …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MYRTALES — the myrtle order of flowering plants, belonging to the class called dicotyledon (q.v.; characterized by two seed leaves). It is …
Britannica English vocabulary
MYRTACEAE — the myrtle family of shrubs and trees, in the order Myrtales, containing about 150 genera and 3,300 species that are …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOTTLE BRUSH — 1) хвощ полевой (Equisetum arvense) 2) бот. "бутылочная щётка" (Callistemon lanceolata)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BOTTLE BRUSH — 1) хвощ полевой ( Equisetum arvense ) 2) бот. "бутылочная щётка" ( Callistemon lanceolata )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

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