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The Collaborative International Dictionary
bottlebrush

bottlebrush \bottlebrush\ n. a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles.

Wiktionary
bottlebrush

n. 1 A cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles. 2 Any of various trees or shrubs of the myrtle family, especially of the genera (taxlink Callistemon genus noshow=1) and ''Melaleuca'', native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens. 3 An uncommon cave formation resulting from a rise in water level such that a stalactite becomes immersed in water that is supersaturated with calcium carbonate, causing the stalactite to become coated with pool spar.

WordNet
bottlebrush

n. a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft that is used to clean bottles

Wikipedia
Bottlebrush

Bottlebrush or bottle brush may refer to:

  • A type of brush intended for cleaning bottles
  • Callistemon, a genus of shrubs and trees from Australia known as bottlebrushes
  • Beaufortia, a genus of shrubs from Australia known as bottlebrushes
  • Elymus hystrix, a genus of bunchgrass from North America known as Eastern bottlebrush
  • Elymus californicus, a genus of bunch grass from North America known as California bottlebrush grass
  • Bottlebrush (cave formation)
Bottlebrush (cave formation)

Bottlebrushes are an uncommon cave formation which result from a rise in water level such that the stalactites become immersed. If the water is supersaturated with calcium carbonate the stalactite will become coated with pool spar.

Usage examples of "bottlebrush".

But this was a garden, designed with an eye to color and shape and to the dry or rainy seasons as well, so that the yellow tabebuia would flower in one corner while the red bottlebrush stood dormant in another.

Flowering plants that beneficial insects seem to enjoy include daisies, primulas, and bottlebrushes, tea-trees and other native shrubs.

The exterior landscaping is a bright mix of magenta bougainvillea, red bottlebrush, junipers, and imported palms.

In summer Mackay is a fecund riot of vegetation, and Cathy's house was surrounded by palm, mango and fiddlewood trees, tipuana and poinciana, and native bottlebrush shrubs.

The vegetation changed from pine and manzanita to aspen and acacia, with long vinelike tendrils of wild strawberries growing parasitically over the rock face, intermixed with ferns and bottlebrush and poison sumac.