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bottlebrushes

bottlebrushes is the plural of bottlebrush.

Meaning of bottlebrush

Noun

bottlebrush (plural bottlebrushes)

  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 Callistemon and Melaleuca, native to Australia and adjacent areas, having spikes of flowers with numerous conspicuous stamens.
    • ‘But look, there's some grass up till this bottlebrush which looks like it's bin trampled.’2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, page 23
  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.

Questions about bottlebrushes

What is bottlebrushes the plural of?
Bottlebrushes is the plural of bottlebrush.

Words near bottlebrushes in the dictionary

  1. bottle-tight
  2. bottle-tom
  3. bottle-toms
  4. bottleable
  5. bottlebrush
  6. bottlebrushes
  7. bottlecap
  8. bottlecaps
  9. bottled
  10. bottled away
  11. bottled down

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