callistemon
French, noun\ka.lis.te.mɔ̃\
callistemon is spelled C-A-L-L-I-S-T-E-M-O-N (11 letters). Callistemon is a French masculine noun meaning “bottlebrush (tree of the genus Callistemon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante du genre Callistemon, de la famille des Myrtacées, originaires d'Australie ou Nouvelle-Calédonie, dont…”.
What does callistemon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebottlebrush (tree of the genus Callistemon)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante du genre Callistemon, de la famille des Myrtacées, originaires d'Australie ou Nouvelle-Calédonie, dont les fleurs ont un aspect cylindrique et en brosse sur la tige, plantes d'ornement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of callistemon
- callistemons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce callistemon?
- \ka.lis.te.mɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.